Moussaka

Ingredients

Serves 6-8
1 onion, chopped
600g organic mince
1 cup tomato sauce
2 carrots, greated
1 zucchini, grated 
handful of mushrooms, diced 
1 cup stock
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tbsp chopped parsley or dried mixed herbs 

½ cup grated tasty cheese

2-3 eggplants, peeled, sliced into 1 cm thick slices
Sunflower or vegetable oil for frying 
3 potatoes, thinly sliced

1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp plain flour
1 cup milk of your choice 
3tbsp grated cheese
¼ tsp mustard, optional 

Method

  1. Fry onion till light brown
  2. Add mince and stir until brown
  3. Add mushrooms, carrots and zucchini and fry for two minutes 
  4. Add tomato sauce, stock, nutmeg and parsley/herbs
  5. Cook slowly for 20-30 minutes while you prepare other elements 
  6. Add 1/4 cup grated cheese

  7. Fry egglant in batches in a little oil until light brown
  8. Drain on paper towel
  9. Microwave potatoes for five minutes or until soft

    To make cheese sauce
  10. Melt butter 
  11. Turn down heat and add flour, stirring constantly
  12. Add milk gradually, stirring constantly with a whisk 
  13. Add cheese and mustard and continue stirring until cheese has melted and it is smooth

  14. Layer half of the eggplant on a dish
  15. Follow with all of the potato 
  16. Then all of the meat mixture\
  17. Then the rest of the eggplant
  18. Then the cheese sauce
  19. Top with remaining cheese
  20. Cook at 180 degrees C for ½ hour and serve with a colourful salad 

Other Ideas


  • Try adding more vegetables to the meat mixture (lentils, diced capsicum) 

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