Step-by-Step Guide to Make Quick Classic Moussakas

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, classic moussakas. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Classic Moussakas is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Classic Moussakas is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have classic moussakas using 26 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Classic Moussakas:

1. Take 6 large Eggplants (thinly sliced round pieces)
2. Get 2 large Potatoes (thinly sliced round pieces)
3. Take 800 grams minced Beef or Lamb
4. Take 2-3 medium Onions diced
5. Prepare 2 Garlic Cloves minced
6. Take 4 fresh graded Tomatoes
7. Make ready 100 grams White Wine
8. Make ready 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
9. Take 1 teaspoon fresh Parsley chopped
10. Take 1 teaspoon Oregano
11. Take 1 teaspoon Sugar
12. Take 2 – 3 tablespoons of cooking Butter
13. Take 1 cup shredded Cheese
14. Take 2 Eggs beaten
15. Prepare 1/2 cup Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
16. Take Salt
17. Take Pepper
18. Take 1 cup Water
19. Make ready Bechamel Sauce
20. Prepare 6 tablespoons flour
21. Get 4 tablespoons cooking butter
22. Take 4 coffee cups of Milk
23. Take Salt and Pepper
24. Prepare 2 beaten eggs
25. Make ready 1 handful shredded cheese
26. Prepare 8 Portions:

Steps to make Classic Moussakas:

1. In a large sauce pan, saute the onions, garlic in 3 tablespoons of butter. Add in the beef and stir until golden brown, then gradually add in the wine. Toss in the tomatoes, water, salt and pepper, parsley, oregano and sugar. Let this boil for about 1/2 hour. When the beef sauce is done take it off the stove and add in the beaten eggs, the breadcrumbs and 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese. Set it a side.
2. In a large frying pan add in the 1/2 cup Olive oil or Vegetable Oil, and fry the eggplant and potatoes until lightly brown. Take a deep buttered baking pan and start layering in the potatoes, (the potatoes actually cover the bottom of your pan), and then continue layering the eggplant slices on top. Add your beef sauce on top of the eggplants and spread throughout the pan.
3. In a large sauce pan, melt butter on low heat with a whisk and slowly add 1 tablespoon of flour at a time, gradually add the milk, whisk continuously. Add in all the other ingredients and stir until your Bechamel sauce has thicken. Pour on top of the meat sauce and spread.
4. Bake at 180 degrees for 1 hour and until Bechamel sauce is golden brown.
5. Kali Orexi!! :) Enjoy!!

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