Moussaka 🇬🇷

Name: Moussaka 🇬🇷
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: Serves 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 1/3 lbs ground beef (about 1.5 kg); 3 eggplants; 2 onions; 9 oz mushrooms (about 250 grams); 5 tomatoes; 3 1/2 oz tomato paste (about 100 grams; for keto, you can skip this); parsley,; cilantro,; salt, pepper,; 4 spice blend,; olive oil,; bay leaf,; 2 cups béchamel sauce (about 500 ml; for keto, replace with 1 3/4 cups heavy cream (about 500 grams)); (Gruyère, Parmesan, Emmental cheese)

Mariejoseelatifa @cooklatifa

Eggplant, my favorite vegetable. This can be part of a keto diet.

What else can I say...😋

Eggplant, my favorite vegetable. This can be part of a keto diet.

What else can I say...😋

Mariejoseelatifa @cooklatifa

Eggplant, my favorite vegetable. This can be part of a keto diet.

What else can I say...😋

Eggplant, my favorite vegetable. This can be part of a keto diet.

What else can I say...😋

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 8 servings

3 1/3 lbsground beef (about 1.5 kg)
3eggplants
2onions
9 ozmushrooms (about 250 grams)
5tomatoes
3 1/2 oztomato paste (about 100 grams; for keto, you can skip this)
parsley,
cilantro,
salt, pepper,
4spice blend,
olive oil,
bay leaf,
2 cupsbéchamel sauce (about 500 ml; for keto, replace with 1 3/4 cups heavy cream (about 500 grams))
(Gruyère, Parmesan, Emmental cheese)

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Steps

1 hour 30 minutes

1

Slice the eggplants and sprinkle with a little salt to draw out excess moisture.
2

Roughly chop the tomatoes and place them in a pot with a drizzle of olive oil and the tomato paste.
3

Cook for 20 minutes at 195°F (90°C).
4

Blend until smooth. Your homemade tomato sauce is ready.
5

Brown the eggplant slices in hot olive oil in a frying pan. Place them on paper towels to absorb excess oil.
6

Sauté the onions in a little olive oil, then add salt, pepper, bay leaf, and four spice blend. Mix well.
7

Add the ground beef, stir, and cook through. Then add the tomato sauce, mushrooms, parsley, and cilantro, and mix well.
8

Cover and simmer on low heat for 40 minutes.
9

Assembly:
10

In a baking dish, layer meat, then eggplant. Repeat, finishing with a layer of meat.
11

Pour the béchamel sauce (or heavy cream) on top, then sprinkle with the cheeses.
12

Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 40 minutes.