Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, moussaka, my version. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Cut the eggplant into quarters long ways. Take a vegetable peeler and slice the eggplant thinly. About an eighth of an inch thick.
Moussaka, my version is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Moussaka, my version is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook moussaka, my version using 23 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Moussaka, my version:
- Take base
- Make ready 1 large eggplant, aubergine
- Make ready 1 1/3 lb ground meat, lamb, pork, or beef
- Prepare 28 oz diced tomatoes
- Get 1 large onion chopped
- Prepare 1/2 lb bulk sausage
- Make ready 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- Prepare 1 tsp minced garlic
- Make ready 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Get 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Take 1 olive oil, extra virgin
- Prepare 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- Take 1/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 2 large eggs beaten
- Prepare topping sauce
- Prepare 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Take 2 large eggs
- Make ready 14 oz coconut milk
- Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- Prepare 1/2 cup butter
- Take 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
To really knock this recipe out of the park, I had to find the PERFECT meat substitute that held up well in the sauce and provided a great hearty texture. As I've mentioned many times on my blog, I am of Greek-Cypriot heritage (on my dad's side) and cooking authentic Greek-Cypriot recipes is something I love to do. Prepare the meat sauce for the moussaka. Heat a large pan to medium-high heat and add the olive oil.
Steps to make Moussaka, my version:
- Preheat oven 400°Fahrenheit
- Peel the eggplant. Cut the eggplant into quarters long ways. Take a vegetable peeler and slice the eggplant thinly. About an eighth of an inch thick
- Oil the eggplant slices. Add salt. Bake in oven till done. I did mine ith the pan I was going to bake the moussaka in.
- When eggplant is soft. Set aside. Mix the cheese and egg together. Lower heat on oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
- In a pan add sausage and ground meat. Add onions, cinnamon, allspice, garlic,tomato paste, salt and pepper. When the mixture is browned add diced tomatoes. Simmer 15 minutes. Let cool 20 minutes add beaten egg mixture. Then mix well.
- Add meat, egg and cheese mixture to the top of eggplant. Set aside.
- Mix eggs, nutmeg, and coconut milk together set aside
- In a saucepan add butter and melt. Mix nutmeg and baking powder with parmesan cheese. Add it to butter stirring constantly. Add milk, egg mixture still stirring constantly. Till it thickens add to top of the tomato meat mixture.
- Bake in oven 45 minutes. Let cool, this is important, 20 minutes or when you cut into it and serve it will slide. Once it cools it won't do the slide. Even reheated it won't. I refrigerated overnight. Serve hope you enjoy!
Stir in the chopped onions and sauté, until softened and slightly colored. Greek moussaka is a casserole made by layering eggplant and potatoes with a spiced meat filling, then topping it off with a creamy egg-enriched béchamel sauce (white sauce) and baking it to golden perfection. It is perhaps the most widely recognized of all Greek dishes and was made famous by the legendary Greek chef Nicholas Tselementes. Recipe basics: Moussaka is an eggplant and/or potato based casserole. You can certainly make vegetarian moussaka, but I chose to add meat.
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