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Moussaka

Serving Size 4

Ingredients

• 1 eggplant sliced at ¼ inch pan fry
• 1 zucchini sliced at ¼ inch pan fry
• 1 potato sliced at ¼ inch
• Meet sauce
• Béchamel sauce

Béchamel sauce ingredients

• 7-8 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons of butter (1/2 stick)
• 2 cups hot milk
• Salt
• Pepper
• Grated nutmeg
• 1 egg yolk

Béchamel sauce prep

In a saucepan, melt the butter on a very low heat, As soon as it melts add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon until there are no lumps, and increase the heat to medium-low. Add the milk slowly, stirring constantly with a whisk, and continue stirring until the sauce begins to thicken without being too thick. Remove from the heat and stir in salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Stir in the egg yolk and return to the heat, whisking briskly until well blended

Meat Sauce ingredients

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 large Onion - finely chopped
• 1 1/2 pounds Ground beef
• 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons Tomato paste
• 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
• Salt, Pepper and oregano

Meat sauce prep

In large skillet add olive oil and sauté onion until soft and transparent. In another skillet or wok add the ground meat, cook until browned. Mix tomato paste with meat. Continue cooking until all ingrediance are incorporated, add the onions, nutmeg, salt, pepper, oregano and cinnamon.
Cook until all the ingredients are incorporated in one brownish looking well done meat sauce.

To Assemble

Grease with olive oil an 8x12 oven glass baking Pan and lay the sliced potato over the bottom of the dish. Spread some meet sauce over, add the zucchini spread some more meat sauce over it, add layer of eggplant, and pour the Béchamel sauce on top and smooth with a spatula.
Bake in preheated 375 oven 40-45 minutes. Let stand 10 to 30 minutes before cutting into squares.