Favorite Moussaka
Favorite Moussaka recipe
Yield
8 servingsPrep
10 minCook
45 minReady
1 hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meat sauce | |||
| 2 | tablespoons |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 1 | cup |
onions
chopped |
|
| 1 ½ | pounds |
beef chuck
ground |
|
| 1 | clove |
garlic
minced |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
oregano
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
basil
|
*
|
| ¾ | teaspoon |
cinnamon
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ⅛ | teaspoon |
black pepper
to taste |
|
| 16 | ounces |
tomato sauce
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
bread crumbs
|
|
| Eggplant | |||
| 2 |
eggplant
unpeeled |
*
|
|
| ½ | cup |
butter
|
|
| ⅛ | teaspoon |
salt and black pepper
|
*
|
| Cream sauce | |||
| 2 | tablespoons |
butter
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
all-purpose flour
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meat sauce | |||
| 3E+1 | ml |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 237 | ml |
onions
chopped |
|
| 680.4 | g |
beef chuck
ground |
|
| 1 | clove |
garlic
minced |
|
| 5 | ml |
oregano
|
|
| 5 | ml |
basil
|
*
|
| 3.8 | ml |
cinnamon
|
|
| 5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 0.6 | ml |
black pepper
to taste |
|
| 462.4 | ml/g |
tomato sauce
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
bread crumbs
|
|
| Eggplant | |||
| 2 | each |
eggplant
unpeeled |
*
|
| 118 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 0.6 | ml |
salt and black pepper
|
*
|
| Cream sauce | |||
| 3E+1 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
Directions
Melt butter, sauté onion, meat and garlic, stirring until brown. Add herbs and spices and tomato sauce; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, about 30 min.
Just before assembling casserole, mix bread crumbs into sauce.
Halve eggplants lengthwise. Cut each half across into ½ inch slices. Place slices in bottom of broiler pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and brush with butter.
Broil 4 inches from heat four minute on each side.
