Ingredients
Eggplant — 3 pcs. | |
Tomatoes — 3 pcs. | |
Minced meat — 700 gr. | |
Salt — to taste | |
Ground black pepper — to taste | |
Onion — 2 pcs . | |
Oregano — pinch | |
Vegetable oil — for frying | |
Hard sorot cheese — 2 tbsp . l | |
Milk — 0.5 l sauce | |
Butter — 100 gr. sauce | |
Flour — 3 tbsp. l. sauce | |
Chicken eggs — 3 pcs. sauce |
A feature of the Greek moussaka is the addition of minced meat and bechamel sauce.
How to cook Moussaka — eggplant casserole
Moussaka is a national dish of the Greeks and inhabitants of the Balkan countries, which is prepared from eggplants, onions and tomatoes, in fact, it is a casserole. Different regions of Greece have their own way of cooking this dish.
Step-by-step recipe
1. |
Wash the eggplants, cut off the stalk, cut into 0.5 mm plates. Put it in salted water so that the bitterness goes away for 20 minutes. |
2. |
Rinse the eggplants with cold water, dry with a paper towel. |
3. |
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry eggplant slices on both sides for 1 minute. |
4. |
Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, remove the skin. Cut into 2 halves and cut into half rings. |
5. |
Peel and finely chop the onion. |
6. |
In another frying pan with vegetable oil, fry the onion until transparent, add the minced meat. Add salt, pepper, and oregano. |
7. |
Preparing the sauce. In a saucepan, heat the butter, add flour and mix well. Add salt, pour in milk and stir with a whisk. The mixture should thicken. Remove from the stove and add 1 egg, stirring well. |
8. |
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. |
9. |
We take a baking dish and first lay out a layer of eggplant. |
10. |
Then a layer of minced meat, smooth it well. |
11. |
The next layer is tomatoes. We repeat the layers again. Top with a layer of eggplant. |
12. |
Pour the sauce into the mold over the entire surface of the moussaka. |
13. |
Put in the oven for 35 minutes. Take it out of the oven, sprinkle with cheese and put it in the oven for a couple of minutes. |
14. |
We take the finished moussaka out of the oven and let it stand for 10 minutes. |
15. |
The eggplant casserole is ready. Bon Appetit! |