The Best Moussaka!
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 22
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
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MEAT MIXTURE
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lb ground lamb or 1 lb ground beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
- 1 beef bouillon cube, dissolved in
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- salt and pepper
- 1 piece bread, made into crumbs
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VEGETABLE LAYERS
- 1 large eggplant
- flour, as much as you need
- olive oil, as much as you need
- 3 russet potatoes, boiled in skins for 30 minutes,then peeled and sliced
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TOPPING
- 7 teaspoons butter
- 7 teaspoons flour
- 1 cup milk
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten with fork
directions
- Brown meat (either ground lamb or ground beef), onions, and garlic in olive oil.
- Add parsley, tomato, tomato sauce, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and bouillon.
- Cover and simmer 45 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in breadcrumbs.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Thinly slice eggplant.
- Dust with flour.
- Heat olive oil in skillet and brown eggplant on both sides.
- Cover bottom of greased large casserole dish (or greased small round roasting pan, which is what I use because I don't have a casserole dish big enough) with cooked, sliced potatoes.
- Top potato layer with with meat mixture and top that with eggplant.
- To make sauce, melt butter in saucepan.
- Add flour.
- Cook and stir 1 minute.
- Stir in milk.
- Cook on medium-low, stirring constantly, until thick and just starting to boil.
- Remove from heat and stir in eggs and cheese.
- Pour sauce evenly over eggplant layer in casserole dish.
- Place casserole dish into a larger pan containing some water.
- Bake, uncovered, for one hour.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Rainberry Blues
Canada
I live in a beautiful rural area, and I get lots of backyard visitors, including deer, coyotes, bears, raccoons, and skunks. I'm basically a homebody, and I enjoy reading, writing, surfing the net, working out, studying the Bible, taking scenic photos, and of course, cooking.