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Moussaka

Name: Moussaka
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients: 1.5 kg aubergine; 700 g mince; 1 onion; 1 tin tinned tomato / passata or tomato paste; 1 litre milk; 100 g butter; 100 g flour; 3 potatoes; 2 eggs; 100 g hard cheese (kefalotyri/parmesan); 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp nutmeg

⏱ 130 minHard🇬🇷 Greece8 servings

Ingredients

aubergine1.5 kg
mince700 g
onion1
tinned tomato / passata or tomato paste1 tin
milk1 litre
butter100 g
flour100 g

Optional

potatoes3
eggs2
hard cheese (kefalotyri/parmesan)100 g
cinnamon1 tsp
nutmeg1/4 tsp

Assumed: salt, pepper, oil, water.

Method

Slice the aubergines, salt them for 30 min, pat dry and bake with a little oil.
Make a mince sauce with onion, tomato and cinnamon.
Make béchamel (butter, flour, milk, nutmeg).
Layer potatoes (optional), aubergines, mince, béchamel.
Bake at 180°C for 45 min and rest 30 min.

Tip: Baking the aubergines instead of frying makes a lighter moussaka.

Nutrition per serving (estimate)

630kcal

23 gprotein

46 gfat

32 gcarbs

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