Moussaka

Baked eggplant casserole with minced meat and tomatoes A special feature of Mediterranean cuisine is the preparation of delicious dishes according to very simple, simple recipes. These dishes in addition to a pleasant appearance and amazing taste have health-giving properties, and those lucky ones who have the opportunity to eat regularly in this way are less likely to get sick of any unpleasant diseases and even prolong their lives. One of the classic recipes of Mediterranean cuisine is the moussaka recipe, through which an ordinary family dinner can be turned into a real holiday. The main, irreplaceable ingredient of moussaka are eggplant, as well as minced meat, for which lamb traditionally is used, more rarely - beef, but not pork. To the table it is served directly on a baking sheet or, as in the island part of Greece and in Cyprus, in clay pots. There are different options for cooking moussaki, including pure vegetables, without minced meat, or baked in sour cream sauce. Sometimes in moussaka add sweet pepper, potatoes, other ingredients. You can also experiment, but first try the moussaka in the milk sauce according to our recipe. We are sure you will like this dish.

Baked eggplant casserole with minced meat and tomatoes A special feature of Mediterranean cuisine is the preparation of delicious dishes according to very simple, simple recipes. These dishes in addition to a pleasant appearance and amazing taste have health-giving properties, and those lucky ones who have the opportunity to eat regularly in this way are less likely to get sick of any unpleasant diseases and even prolong their lives. One of the classic recipes of Mediterranean cuisine is the moussaka recipe, through which an ordinary family dinner can be turned into a real holiday. The main, irreplaceable ingredient of moussaka are eggplant, as well as minced meat, for which lamb traditionally is used, more rarely - beef, but not pork. To the table it is served directly on a baking sheet or, as in the island part of Greece and in Cyprus, in clay pots. There are different options for cooking moussaki, including pure vegetables, without minced meat, or baked in sour cream sauce. Sometimes in moussaka add sweet pepper, potatoes, other ingredients. You can also experiment, but first try the moussaka in the milk sauce according to our recipe. We are sure you will like this dish.

Ingredients:

• Beef mince 600 g
• Onion 2 pcs.
• Eggplant 3 pcs.
• Tomatoes 3 pcs.
• Garlic 4 denticles
• Cheese hard 200 g
• Sunflower refined oil 7 tbsp. l.
• Pepper black ground 1 pinch
• Salt 2 pinch
• Butter 50 g
• Wheat flour 3 tbsp. l.
• Milk 500 ml
• Eggs chicken 2 pcs.
• Salt 1 pinch

Instructions

• Step 1 The main products for cooking moussaki are aubergines, ripe tomatoes, ground beef, onions, garlic and sauce on milk.
• Step 2 Peel onion and garlic and finely chop.
• Step 3 Preheat 2-3 tablespoons in a deep frying pan. Vegetable oil and fry onions with garlic until transparent.
• Step 4 Then add the mince, a pinch of salt and black ground pepper and cook until the mincemeat turns white and pink for 15-20 minutes.
• Step 5 Eggplant is well washed and cut into rings 1 cm thick.
• Step 6 Transfer the semi-prepared minced meat to a plate, and in the same pan fry eggplant from two sides for 1-2 minutes, adding 2-3 tablespoons. vegetable oil.
• Step 7 Wash tomatoes and cut into thin rings.
• Step 8 Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater.
• Step 9 To make sauce in a saucepan, melt 50 grams of butter, and then add 3 tablespoons. flour. Mix everything well until smooth.
• Step 10 Then gradually add the milk (literally a tablespoon) and quickly stir the sauce, preventing the clumps from forming. So we enter all the milk.
• Step 11 Bring the sauce to a boil, then remove it from the fire, add a pinch of salt and 2 eggs (pre-beat the eggs in a glass with a fork).
• Step 12 In the baking dish on the bottom, put the fried eggplants in one layer.
• Step 13 Then we lay out the whole stuffing.
• Step 14 Fill the mince with half the sauce.
• Step 15 Again, lay a layer of aubergines.
• Step 16 On top of the eggplant put the tomatoes.
• Step 17 And then pour the second half of the sauce evenly on the tomatoes.
• Step 18 The top layer is the grated cheese. We put in the oven preheated to 180 ° C for 45 minutes.
• Step 19 Readiness to check with a knife, if the eggplants have become soft - the moussaka is ready. Serve a little cold.