Mousaka (Mousakas Melitzanes)

Mousaka (Mousakas Melitzanes) Ingredients

2 3/4 lb Eggplants	2 tb Onion; chopped
1 3/4 lb Ground beef; lean	1 3/4 lb Ripe tomatoes
1/2 c Kefalo cheese; grated OR	1 Portion regular bechamel
1/2 c White wine	Oil for frying
1 c Bread crumbs	Salt and pepper; to taste

Instructions for Mousaka (Mousakas Melitzanes)

Brown the ground meat and onion in half of the butter. Stir to avoid lumping and pour in the wine. Add strained tomatoes, parsley, salt, pepper and let simmer until all the liquid is absorbed. Wash, dry and clean the eggplants. Cut lenghwise, one by one, into thin slices and fry in hot oil mixed with butter. Remove and lay on a platter to salt and pepper them. Prepare the bechamel sauce, neither thick nor thin. Lay half of the eggplant slices in neat rows on the bottom of a baking dish. Put half of the bread crumbs and half of the cheese into the ground meat, mix and spread on top of the eggplant slices. Lay the rest of the eggplant slices over the meat sauce and cover all with the bechamel sauce. Sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs, then pour melted butter over the top and bake for 30-40 minutes in a medium oven, until the top turns golden brown. Recipe by: Greek Cookery Cookbook Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 524 by Sewgoode on Jan 14, 1998

Main Ingredient: PorkCuisine: Greek

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Ingredient Insight - look inside this recipe

Bread crumbs	Eggplant	Ground Beef	Onion
Port	Tomato	White Wine

Greek Vegetables Cheese Bread Crumb Onion Port Tomato Wine White wine Ground beef Ham Pork

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Why does the recipe call for ground beef ... and then it says the main ingredient is pork?

Larry+Alan
on Oct 22 2005 6:42PM

I'm not an eggplant kind of person, so I've been using potatoes instead of eggplant. A good alternative with just as much flavor.

serialpurrs.org
on Mar 13 2005 10:51PM

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