Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, the perfect moussaka. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook the perfect moussaka using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make The perfect moussaka:
- Prepare 3-4 eggplants
- Get 3-4 zucchinis
- Prepare béchamel sauce
- Prepare For the ground meat
- Make ready 300 g to 350 g ground beef
- Get 2 tomatoes blended in the food processor
- Prepare salt, pepper
- Prepare 1 little sugar
- Get 1 cinnamon stick
- Get 1 onion, finely chopped
- Prepare grated kefalotyri (traditional Greek hard salty yellow cheese)
This is optional but highly recommended for a perfect moussaka. Either you fry the veggies or you bake them. Greek Moussaka recipe - Prepare the Béchamel sauce. The creamy béchamel sauce is the most essential part for a traditional Greek moussaka recipe and probably the trickiest part too.
Instructions to make The perfect moussaka:
- Cut the eggplants and the zucchinis into thin slices.
- Spread them out in a baking sheet, sprinkle with olive oil and season lightly with salt.
- Plae the baking sheet in the oven at 170°C - 180°C on the first rack for about 40 to 50 minutes so that vegetables dry from their liquids.
- Prepare the béchamel sauce.
- As soon as you prepare the béchamel sauce, cover it with cling film to prevent a skin from forming.
- Ground meatSauté the onion lightly in olive oil or if you want a lighter taste, just boil it together with the ground meat.
- Add the ground beef to the oil and brown it.
- Add the tomato, salt, pepper, cinnamon and water, though not too much.
- Simmer until all its liquids are absorbed.
- Place one layer of eggplants and one layer of zucchinis in a baking tray.
- If you still have extra slices, repeat the process.
- Spread the ground meat mixture over everything, distributing it evenly.
- Spread the béchamel sauce evenly on the top.
- Sprinkle with the cheese.
- Bake at 200°C until the béchamel sauce is golden brown and the cheese has melted.
Greek Moussaka recipe - Prepare the Béchamel sauce. The creamy béchamel sauce is the most essential part for a traditional Greek moussaka recipe and probably the trickiest part too. To achieve the perfect texture for your béchamel sauce, add the milk (preferably lukewarm) a little bit at a time whilst constantly stirring. Can you Make Moussaka Ahead of Time? The entire dish can be assembled a day or two in advance, kept refrigerated and then baked in the oven before serving.
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