Moussaka
Description
To prepare a delicious and hearty dish called moussaka, you first need to prepare the vegetables and sauté the minced meat with onions and spices, make the sauce, then layer all the ingredients in a baking dish and bake in the oven. And to find out more in detail,
Instructions
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Step 1
First, prepare all the ingredients. Wash the vegetables thoroughly.
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Step 2
Slice the eggplants into long strips 1 cm thick, sprinkle with salt, and let stand for 30 minutes. Then rinse off the salt, dry the eggplants, and bake them in the oven under the grill for about 10 minutes, brushing both sides with olive oil. Flip them once during baking.
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Step 3
Slice the potatoes into 0.5 cm thick slices and boil in salted water until almost cooked.
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Step 4
Add 3 tbsp of vegetable oil to a preheated skillet and sauté the chopped onion until translucent.
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Step 5
Then add the ground meat to the onions and sauté, stirring and breaking up the meat with a spatula. After a while, the meat will release its juices. Cook until all the liquid has evaporated.
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Step 6
Now add cinnamon, salt, pepper, nutmeg, thyme, paprika, and minced garlic. Cook for 1 more minute.
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Step 7
Then add the sliced tomatoes together with their juice, and cook until the juice has evaporated.
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Step 8
Prepare the sauce for pouring over the moussaka. To do this, melt the butter in a saucepan and sauté 1 tablespoon of flour in it. Gradually pour in the warmed milk, continuously stirring with a whisk. Once all the milk is added, season with salt, bay leaf, and a pinch of nutmeg. Meanwhile, beat 1 egg in a bowl and slowly pour in a small amount of the hot sauce, stirring constantly. Pour this mixture back into the saucepan with the sauce and cook for 1-2 minutes until thickened. Remove the finished sauce from the heat and place the container in cold water.
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Step 9
Grease the bottom of the baking dish with vegetable oil and place the eggplants in a single layer. Lightly salt and pepper. Spread the meat filling over the eggplants. Next, add a layer of potatoes. Evenly distribute the sauce on top and sprinkle with feta cheese.
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Step 10
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 45-50 minutes.
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Step 11
Serve the ready-made muhallebi immediately, sprinkled again with feta.