How to Prepare Homemade Moussaka
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have Moussaka using 27 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients and spices that need to be Get to make Moussaka:
- Meat
- 1 large aubergine, sliced into 1cm slices
- 2 teaspoons olive oil, divided
- 2 red onions diced
- 600 g minced lamb
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 (400 g) tin chopped tomatoes
- 250 ml red wine
- 125 ml water
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 1/2 teaspoon dried mint
- 250 g Maris Piper potatoes, peeled, sliced into 1cm slices
- White Sauce
- 250 ml milk
- 25 g butter
- 25 g flour
- 1/2 grated nutmeg
- 30 g crumbled feta cheese (grated Parmasan or Cheddar can be use
- 250 g ricotta
- 1 egg
Steps to make Moussaka
- Sprinkle the aubergine with salt and leave for 30 minutes (draws out bitter juices). Then rinse aubergine in a colander and squeeze out excess liquid. Dry well with a kitchen cloth. Add to roasting tin and add 1 teaspoon olive oil. Mix to give a good coating. Roast for 30 minutes.
- Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a pan over medium high heat. Add mince, break up with a fork till browned. Add garlic, cayenne, cumin, cinnamon and coriander, stir for 1-2 minutes. Add herbs, wine tomatoes and puree. Stir. Turn down the heat to very low and simmer, covered for 30 minutes. Remove lid and allow liquid to reduce. Leave to rest overnight.
- Cook the potatoes in boiling water for five minutes, then drain in a colander under running water until cold.
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
- Meanwhile, melt butter in pan, then remove from heat and add flour and mix, return to heat and slowly mix in the milk. Stir over a medium heat until thickened. Season and add cheese and ricotta, stir. Leave to cool.
- Spoon one third of the meat sauce into a large, shallow ovenproof dish. Cover with a layer of potatoes and a layer of aubergines. Repeat the layers twice more, finishing with the aubergines.
- Lightly whisk egg in a separate bowl and then stir into white sauce. Top with white sauce and bake in oven for 50 minutes.
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