Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, lamb moussaka lasagna. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The easiest way for me to explain this dish is to refer to it as Greek Eggplant & Lamb Lasagna with a really rich cream sauce on top. Moussaka is probably one of my ultimate favorite comfort foods of all times! But trust me… this Greek style eggplant lasagna is insanely delicious! I think I even prefer it to traditional lasagna….
Lamb moussaka lasagna is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Lamb moussaka lasagna is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have lamb moussaka lasagna using 26 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lamb moussaka lasagna:
Prepare 2 aubergines, sliced into rings
Take Salt and pepper to taste
Prepare Olive oil, enough to cover the aubergines
Make ready Moussaka sauce:
Take 1 tablespoon olive oil
Take 250 g lamb mince
Make ready 1 white onion, finely chopped
Get 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
Prepare 400 g can chopped tomatoes
Prepare 1 tablespoon tomato purée
Take 1 cup red wine
Get 1 cup water
Take 2 bay leaves
Take 1 teaspoon dried oregano
Prepare 1 teaspoon dried thyme
Make ready 1 teaspoon ground cumin powder
Get Salt and pepper to taste
Make ready 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (or any sugar of preference)
Make ready sprinkle paprika, optional
Get For the béchamel sauce (white sauce):
Take See my other Cookpad recipe on how to make the béchamel sauce
Make ready Assembling the moussake:
Make ready 6-9 lasagne sheets, optional
Prepare 150 g cheddar cheese, grated (or any cheese of preference)
Get Garnish:
Get Handful plum tomates, sliced in half
Serve the moussaka with a Greek salad. Some people make thin strips of eggplant and roll the ground lamb mixture in eggplant instead of lasagna noodles. Be sure to have your YouTube ANNOTATIONS turned ON in order to see the ingredients and other printed directions. Moussaka is one of the best known Greek dishes - a baked casserole consisting of ground lamb meat and layers of An exotic version of lasagna, without the pasta, moussaka is exceptionally healthy.
Steps to make Lamb moussaka lasagna:
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Place the sliced aubergine in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle generously with olive oil. Place aubergine on a baking tray and transfer into the oven and cook aubergine to desired softness.
In a wok or large saucepan on medium high, add and heat the olive oil. Add the onions and sauté until they become translucent and soft. Stir frequently to prevent burning. Then add the garlic, cook for a minute and constantly stir.
Now add the mince and fry using a wooden spatula to break up the meat. Cook until a deep golden brown, regularly stirring.
Once the meat has cooked add the can of chopped tomatoes along with the tomato purée, wine, water. Give the sauce a stir to incorporate the ingredients.
Add bay leaves, dried oregano and thyme, ground cumin powder, salt and pepper, sugar and paprika (optional). Bring sauce to a bubble and reduce the wine by half stirring occasionally. Taste the sauce and season further if necessary (add salt, pepper, sugar etc).
Reduce the heat to low and simmer the sauce gently, covered with a lid for 20-30 minutes. Stir occasionally until the sauce has thickened.
In the meantime, make the white sauce *see my other recipe on Cookpad for how to make the béchamel sauce. Preheat oven to 200C/180 fan.
To assemble the moussaka, use a large rectangular ovenproof dish. If not using lasagna sheets, begin by spooning a third of the meat into the dish and spread it out evenly, followed by a few slices aubergine, then spoon a bit more meat followed by the béchamel sauce. Repeat the process layering until all of the meat, aubergines and béchamel sauce has been used up.
If using lasagne sheets spooning a third of the meat into the dish and spread it out evenly, followed by a few slices aubergine, then spoon a bit more meat followed by the lasagna sheets and then the béchamel sauce. Repeat the layering process with the lasagne sheets until all of the meat, aubergines and béchamel sauce has been used up.
Finish the final layer with the béchamel sauce, smoothing the top over with a wooden spoon or palette knife. Sprinkle with grated cheese and sliced plum tomatoes (optional).
Cover with foil and place the dish in the centre of the oven. Bake for 30 minutes. Then remove the foil and bake further for another 20 minutes. When 10 minutes left change oven setting to grill and bake to desired golden brown colour and bubbling.
Remove from the oven, dish a nice slice onto a serving plate and eat immediately while pipping hot.
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