Greek cuisine useful, nutritious, infinitely varied and incredibly tasty.What did not see on the Greek table!But the most unusual dish of Greece, perhaps, moussaka.It has a terrific flavor and aroma and looks very appetizing.In Arabic the word means musaqqa "cooling".Moussaka is a pie with vegetables and meat, which can be served chilled.
you need:
1 small eggplant
4 medium-sized potato tuber
1 tomato 100g grated carrots
1/2 small onion
250g minced meat (turkey)
50 ml of milk (for stuffing)
150 grams of cheese
5 g of cinnamon
salt to taste olive oil
for milk sauce:
300 grams of milk
1 tbsp.l.
flour 1 egg salt to taste
Preparation:
1. Prepare vegetables and meat.At different pans fry sliced rings eggplant and potatoes until golden brown.In another bowl - grated carrots and chopped onions.After a few minutes, mix carrots and onions to the meat.Give forcemeat fry and add a little milk and a slice of tomato.Stuffing in the cooking process must be separated into smaller clumps spatula in order to make them more crumbly.Do not forget to salt each ingredient.To give a taste of the exotic, the stuffing, you can add cinnamon.
According to the classic recipe, moussaka is made from lamb, but there are many different variations of the use of a meat.Tender turkey meat, in my opinion, it is perfect for this dish.
2. Sauce.The sauce is ready pretty quickly: all the ingredients are mixed and whipped whisk.Traditionally used for cooking moussaka bechamel is preparing a little longer and laborious.Milk and egg mass, mixed with flour, in taste is not much different from him.
3. Layers.Oven suitable baking pan or any heat-resistant dishes.The moussaka vegetables, beef, cheese, and lay out the layers are arranged can be in any order.If you start with eggplant, they are soft and tender and will get a taste of mushroom.Then you can put potatoes.The middle layer is usually spread stuffing.Once again minced eggplant and final layer of potatoes.Top moussaka sprinkled with grated cheese.
4. Baking.Bake the dish should be at a temperature of 200-220 degrees for 20-30 minutes until the milk until the sauce thickens and does not manifest a bright amber crust.
Very tasty moussaka obtained if before you bake, fry all the vegetables and mince until cooked and well all season with salt.Roasted vegetables and meat gives the dish a rich flavor.
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