The perfect moussaka
The perfect moussaka

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, the perfect moussaka. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Moussaka seems the perfect choice for this time of year, like bouillabaisse, or parmigiana; a dish which simultaneously manages to taste of sunshine, and boast warming qualities quite sufficient to. Moussaka is, I think, the perfect dish for April, a rare combination of southern sunshine and warming comfort. It's also the ideal way to use up leftover lamb from the Easter roast. Here is a great recipe for moussaka, a Greek dish.

The perfect moussaka is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. The perfect moussaka is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have the perfect moussaka using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make The perfect moussaka:
  1. Take 3-4 eggplants
  2. Take 3-4 zucchinis
  3. Get béchamel sauce
  4. Make ready For the ground meat
  5. Get 300 g to 350 g ground beef
  6. Make ready 2 tomatoes blended in the food processor
  7. Get salt, pepper
  8. Get 1 little sugar
  9. Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
  10. Prepare 1 onion, finely chopped
  11. Prepare grated kefalotyri (traditional Greek hard salty yellow cheese)

If you think that this is another ordinary moussaka recipe, you are so tragically wrong. Layers of thinly sliced potato, meltingly soft eggplant, cinnamon-spiced ground lamb meat and a luscious, creamy, light, gluten-free (kind of) béchamel. This is what we call moussaka in Greece. Perfect Moussaka A medley of fantastic flavors meld when moussaka (the stress is on the last syllable) is baked to perfection.

Steps to make The perfect moussaka:
  1. Cut the eggplants and the zucchinis into thin slices.
  2. Spread them out in a baking sheet, sprinkle with olive oil and season lightly with salt.
  3. 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.
  4. Prepare the béchamel sauce.
  5. As soon as you prepare the béchamel sauce, cover it with cling film to prevent a skin from forming.
  6. Ground meatSauté the onion lightly in olive oil or if you want a lighter taste, just boil it together with the ground meat.
  7. Add the ground beef to the oil and brown it.
  8. Add the tomato, salt, pepper, cinnamon and water, though not too much.
  9. Simmer until all its liquids are absorbed.
  10. Place one layer of eggplants and one layer of zucchinis in a baking tray.
  11. If you still have extra slices, repeat the process.
  12. Spread the ground meat mixture over everything, distributing it evenly.
  13. Spread the béchamel sauce evenly on the top.
  14. Sprinkle with the cheese.
  15. Bake at 200°C until the béchamel sauce is golden brown and the cheese has melted.

This is what we call moussaka in Greece. Perfect Moussaka A medley of fantastic flavors meld when moussaka (the stress is on the last syllable) is baked to perfection. No other dish in the world combines the spiced essence of minced meat, soft tasteful eggplant and the creamy richness of béchamel sauce. Head to any Greek restaurant to discover this special dish. You can move them from direct to indirect heat as needed.

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