recipe.exchange

Moussaka

@arecipe.bsky.social

Layers of tender eggplant and a cinnamon-scented tomato beef (or lamb) sauce under a thick blanket of baked béchamel — Greece's answer to lasagna.

Prep 00:30
Cook 00:40
Total 01:10
Yield 6

Ingredients

  • Eggplant, sliced and roasted
  • Ground beef or lamb
  • Onion and garlic
  • Crushed tomato and tomato paste
  • Red wine
  • Cinnamon, oregano, bay leaf
  • Olive oil
  • Butter, flour and milk (for béchamel)
  • Egg yolks
  • Parmesan or kefalotyri cheese
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. 1
    Slice and roast (or fry) the eggplant until softened.
  2. 2
    Cook onion, garlic and mince; add tomato, wine and spices and simmer into a thick sauce.
  3. 3
    Make a béchamel with butter, flour and milk; whisk in egg yolks and cheese off heat.
  4. 4
    Layer eggplant and meat sauce in a baking dish.
  5. 5
    Top with béchamel and bake until golden.
  6. 6
    Rest before slicing.
Category
Dinner
Cuisine
Greek

Recipe Attribution

RecipeTin Eats
recipetineats.com/moussaka-greek-eggplant-beef-bake/