Moussaka
Rating | 5 5 (1 reviews) Add rating |
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Region | Greece |
Categories | Main courses |
Tags | Classics, Stew recipes |
Servings: | 4 |
Preperation time: | 20 minutes. |
Cooking time: | 60 minutes. |
Recipe by: | ![]() |

The ingredients for moussaka:
- 600 milliliter béchamel sauce; Note! Quantities below are for 1 portions.
- 25 gram butter; in cubes
- 35 gram gluten free flour;
- 500 milliliter milk;
- 1 egg;
- 35 gram Grana Padano; grated
- 500 gram minced meat;
- 1 eggplant; in long thin slices
- 500 gram potatoes; in slices
- 1 onion; chopped
- 4 cloves garlic; chopped
- 10 gram cinnamon powder;
- 10 gram dried oregano;
- 10 milliliter rosé wine;
- 400 milliliter diced tomatoes;
- 50 gram Grana Padano; grated
- olive oil;
How to make moussaka?
- Preheat the oven at 220°C.
- Wash the potato and dry with some kitchen paper.
- Mix the potato, the dried oregano and the olive oil.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
- Remove the baking tray from the oven; mix the ingredients so they are turned and spread them out again over the baking tray. If you have too much moisture this is a good time to remove it with a kitchen towel.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven at 180°C.
- Prepare the béchamel sauce.
- Heat the milk to just under a boil.
- Slowly melt the butter in a pan. Note: Make sure you only melt the butter don't let it go too fast.
- Add the gluten free flour and mix together to a roux.
- Slowly add the milk bit by bit while whisking until you have a smooth mixture.
- Slowly add the egg and the Grana Padano bit by bit while whisking until you have a smooth mixture.
- Stir regularly so nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan.
- Your result is ready for further use.
- Take the eggplant.
- Drizzle with the olive oil.
- Grill the eggplant till it has a nice grilled striped color.
- Grab a new pan.
- Add the olive oil to the pan.
- Lightly fry the onion and the garlic in the pan until translucent.
- Add the cinnamon powder
- Add the minced meat and fry on medium temperature until colored.
- Deglaze with the rosé wine.
- Add the diced tomatoes
- Let it briefly reduce.
- Turn of the gas below the pan.
- Create one layer of the potato in a baking dish
- Add a layer of minced meat.
- Add a layer of eggplant.
- Add a layer of minced meat.
- Add a layer of béchamel sauce.
- Add a layer of Grana Padano.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
- Your dish is ready, enjoy!