Free Recipe Moussaka > Cypriot

Recipe Type: G Recipes

Recipe Preparation: bake

Cooking Ingredients for Moussaka > Cypriot Recipe

2 lb Aubergines or courgettes or
Mix (trimmed & lengthways in
Thick slices)
2 lg Potatoes, cooked, peeled and
Sliced (optional)
1/2 c Olive or sunflower oil
2 md Onions sliced
1 lb Minced beef or lamb
2 lg Tomatoes, grated, or
400 g Tin of tomatoes
1/2 ts Ground cinnamon or
1 Stick cinnamon
1/2 ts Rigani or dried oregano
1/2 Glass red wine
Salt and freshly ground
Black pepper
For the white sauce
3 oz Butter
4 tb Flour
1 pt Warm milk
Ground nutmeg
2 Eggs
2 oz Grated cheese – hallotimi,
Kefalotiri or cheddar

Moussaka > Cypriot Preparation

Moussaka may have its roots in Greece but no-one makes individual moussakas in terracotta pots quite like the Cypriots. Immerse the aubergine slices in lightly salted water for 30 minutes, then rinse and, squeezing them gently, pat dry with kitchen towel. The courgettes need no attention. Fry the aubergine or courgette slices in the oil, turning the slices, so that they brown but don”t cook through. Leave, them to drain on kitchen paper. In another- pan fry the, onions in the, rest of the, oil till soft then add the meat and stir to break it up. Add the tomatoes, herbs, spices, seasoning and the wine and continue to cook for about 25 minutes when the liquid should have been absorbed. For the white sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour and then add the warm milk gradually, whisking hard to remove any lumps. Take the saucepan away from the heat and stir in the seasoning, spices and cheese. Make sure that the sauce has cooled before adding the eggs. To assemble the moussakas Either use a 10- x 10- (25cm x 25cm) baking dish or 6 individual pots and line the base with slices of cooked aubergine or- courgette (Add a layer of cooked potato if you are using it). Now spread the meat in a layer over the aubergine and cover with the remainder of the aubergine and potato. Cover the top of the Moussakas, with white sauce and bake in a moderate oven Gas Mark 4, 350”F for about 50 minutes until the top is a good crusty brown. TASTES OF CYPRUS Site Maintained By Argiris (Gary) Zias

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Recipe Serves: 1

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