Moussaka

Description

This dish is prepared a thousand ways. This casserole of eggplant, minced lamb or beef, with cheese sauce, very popular in the middle East. Offered for Your consideration is my version: roasted eggplant, layered with minced beef and lamb with white wine, spices, mint, parsley, tomato paste... in a light cloud of cream cheese...

Ingredients

Eggplant

4 piece
Salt
Sunflower oil
Flour

0.333 cup
Milk

2 cup
Chicken egg

2 piece
Cheese

0.66 cup
Minced meat

500 g
Onion

1 piece
Dry white wine

2 Tbsp
Tomato paste

425 g
Parsley

1 Tbsp
Cinnamon

0.5 tsp
Black pepper

0.25 tsp
Butter

Cooking

Eggplant wash, cut into slices 1cm thick, fine salt, put for 1 hour in a colander. after an hour squeeze out the excess moisture with a paper towel or lightly squeeze a hand

[b]prepare the meat sauce:[/b] heat oil in a pan, put the finely chopped onion and the minced meat and fry, stirring, over high heat 10 minutes, until the mixture is brown and the liquid should evaporate

Pour in the wine, tomato paste, add the herbs, pepper, cinnamon and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes (stirring occasionally). Then you need to remove the cover and cook another 10 minutes

[b]prepare the cheese sauce:[/b] in a small saucepan, melt the butter, add the flour and sauté on low heat 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour a thin stream of milk, stir until smooth and cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes, until the mixture thickens. After boiling, cook another minute, then remove from heat

Eggs, lightly beat. Add cheese and eggs to flour mixture, mix well

Fry the aubergines on both sides until ready, until Golden brown. Dry on paper towels or napkins

Divide the eggplant into three parts, and mince two. In a small rectangular shape to put a layer of eggplant

Then a layer of meat

Again eggplant, meat, eggplant, then pour all the cheese sauce and smooth the surface

Bake in a preheated 180C oven for 45 minutes, until Golden brown on the casserole

The finished dish has 5-10 minutes to infuse... and you can eat

Bon appetit!

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