Moussaka
Moussaka is my favorite dish when visiting Greece. So I had to try & recreate it when back home. So this is my take on this popular Grecian dish.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 aubergine cut into slices
- 4 medium eggs beaten
- 750 g potatoes sliced & boiled
- Salt & pepper
- 1 kg minced meat
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika powder
- 150 g onions chopped
- 140 g peas
- 2 tbsp concentrated tomato paste
- 400 g tomatoes chopped
- 800 g besciamella
- 90 g grana padano grated
- Baking spray
Instructions
- Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan. Start dunking the aubergine slices in the beaten egg & frying them in the pan until they are lightly browned on both sides, approximately 4 minutes. Put aside the cooked aubergines on some paper towel to absorb the extra oil.
- When you have cooked the aubergines, heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan. Add the minced meat & season with salt, pepper, paprika powder & garlic powder. Cook on high heat for 6 minutes or until it has browned.
- Add the onions & peas. Cook for 7 minutes.
- Add the concentrated tomato paste & the chopped tomatoes. Stir everything well & simmer for 30 minutes.
- After the 30 minutes, turn the heat off & put it to the side.
- Spray the casserole dish with baking spray & preheat oven at 180C.
- Start by layering a layer of aubergines in a casserole dish. Layer a layer of tomato sauce, a layer of potato & keep going like this until you've used everything.
- In a bowl mix the besciamella & the grated grana padano together.
- Pour the besciamella mixture at the very end, on top of everything else.
- Cook in the oven for 30-40 minutes.
- Let it cool a bit before serving.
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