Moussaka

Name: Moussaka
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 2 large eggplants, sliced; 600g lamb mince; 1 large onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic; 400g crushed tomatoes; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp allspice; 50g butter; 50g flour; 500ml milk; 2 eggs for béchamel; 80g kefalotyri or parmesan

Layered baked Greek dish with spiced lamb, fried eggplant and béchamel sauce.

Total time

130 min

Prep

50 min

Cook

80 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Greek

Ingredients

2large eggplants, sliced

600glamb mince

1large onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic

400gcrushed tomatoes

1 tspcinnamon

1 tspallspice

50gbutter

50gflour

500mlmilk

2eggs for béchamel

80gkefalotyri or parmesan

Instructions

Salt eggplant slices. Rest 30 minutes, rinse, pat dry. Fry in oil until golden.

Make lamb sauce: fry onion and garlic, add mince, brown. Add tomatoes, cinnamon, allspice. Simmer 20 minutes.

Make béchamel: melt butter, add flour, cook 2 minutes. Gradually add milk, stir until thick. Cool, beat in eggs.

Layer: eggplant, lamb sauce, eggplant. Top with béchamel. Dust with cheese.

Bake at 180°C for 45 minutes until deep golden.