The “moussakas” dish is one of the most traditional Greek foods. Here you can learn how to cook the moussaka dish. Enjoy the preparation!
Ingredients
Moussaka Greek Dish
2-3 aubergines
6-7 pumkins
2-3 potatoes, medium in size
1 onion
1/2 kilos beef mince
2-3 tomatoes or a tin of tomato juice
salt & pepper (for the mince)
Ingredients for the white cream
7-8 spoons of flour
6-7 cups of milk
2-3 spoons of olive oil (or instead of oil you can put a yogurt)
some grated cheese (a cup)
salt & pepper and some grated nutmeg
1 egg
Preparation
1. Cut the potatoes in round slices and fry them in a pan with some olive oil. Then, put them at the bottom of the baking pan. Cut the aubergines and pumkins into long strips. Put them into a baking pan (about 30 cm diameter). Bake them in grill. Put a little salt on them (if you want, as it is not necessary), for 15 min.
2. Mince Preparation: Put the chopped onion in a pan, with 2-3 spoons of olive oil, as well as the mince and roast it for some minutes. Then, put the chopped tomatoes, or the tomato juice, a teaspoonful of salt and some pepper. Add some water too. Stir, and low the heat. Let it low boil for 30 min.
3. Once the grilled aubergines and pumkins are ready, take them out of the oven. Put the fried round potatoes at the bottom of the baking pan and put the grilled vegetables on them. Pour the ready mince on them as well. Then, you have to make the white cream (besamel) in order to cover all this mixture.
4. White cream preparation: Put the flour in a pan with the oil and stir. Then, pour the milk smoothly. When it starts to be absorbed, put the yogurt, the grated cheese, the salt & pepper and finally the egg. You have to stir all the time, in order not the mixture to be spoiled. The heat has to be quite low. It takes about 15-20 min. When the cream is ready, put it on the other ingridients and cover them. Put the baking pan in the oven and bake as soon as the cream becomes a little brown.
Good luck and good appetite! You can also fry the aubergines and pumkins instead of grilling them (that is the tradittional recipe!!), but I think it is not so healthy!
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