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Moussaka
Here is my personal version of this famous recipe from the eastern Mediterranean. It's a kind of gratin, made with layers of aubergines, cooked meat with tomatos and bechamel sauce with cheese.
2 hours 55 min.
Easy
13.30 €
6 people
13 IngredientsLast modified on: August 1st 2011
For 6 people, you will need:
- 1
3 egg-plants or aubergine - 2
4 tomatoes - 3
1 onion - 4
500 g minced beef - 5
350 ml bechamel sauce - 6
4 tablespoons olive oil - 7
1 bouquet garni - 8
2 cloves garlic - 9
200 g feta - 10 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 11
salt - 12
pepper - 13
100 g grated cheese - Total weight: 2,525 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 30 min.
Cooking: 1 hour 25 min.
All in all: 2 hours 55 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 20 min.
Wash 3 egg-plants or aubergine and cut into thin slices.
Salt them and put in a strainer for about one hour, until some of the juice runs out.
Salt them and put in a strainer for about one hour, until some of the juice runs out.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.
Heat 4 tablespoons olive oil in a large pan. When hot put in the aubergine slices.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.
Cook for 4 or 5 minutes while stirring, then transfer onto absorbant paper.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.
In the same pan heat 4 tablespoons olive oil. When hot, add the chopped onion and cook for one minute.
Add 500 g minced beef.
Add 500 g minced beef.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 20 min.
Cook meat until it browned, then salt, pepper, and add 1 bouquet garni and 2 cloves garlic en chemise.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 min.
Add tomatoes.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 30 min.
Mix well, cover, and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 3 min.
After this time, uncover, discard bouquet garni and garlic.
Stage 11 - ⌛ 20 min.
Prepare bechamel sauce. When ready add 200 g feta in small pieces.
Stage 12 - ⌛ 3 min.
Preheat oven to 392°F (200°C).
Butter a gratin dish, and arrange half the aubergine slices in a layer in the bottoom.
Butter a gratin dish, and arrange half the aubergine slices in a layer in the bottoom.
Stage 13 - ⌛ 3 min.
Cover with half the meat.
Stage 14 - ⌛ 3 min.
Cover with half the bechamel.
Stage 15 - ⌛ 10 min.
Repeat these 3 layers, and finish by sprinkling with some cheese.
Stage 16 - ⌛ 30 min.
Cook in the oven until top is golden brown (about 30 minutes).
Remarks
As with all gratin style dishes, moussaka can be made in advance, even frozen to be reheated when required.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 210 RDI=80 % | 230 RDI=20 % | 410 RDI=60 % | 4,230 RDI=210 % | 17,700 RDI: 210 % |
| Per 100 g | 8 RDI=3 % | 9 RDI=1 % | 20 RDI=2 % | 170 RDI=8 % | 700 RDI: 8 % |
| Per person | 30 RDI=10 % | 40 RDI=4 % | 70 RDI=10 % | 700 RDI=40 % | 2,950 RDI: 40 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 13.35 €
- Per person : 2.25 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Minced beef
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Bechamel sauce
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Gratin of Jerusalem artichokes à la Comtoise, Croque-monsieur, Escalope cordon bleu, Italian style gratin, ... See them all 31
Feta
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Grated cheese
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