Recipe of Thomas Keller Moussaka

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, moussaka. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Moussaka is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Moussaka is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have moussaka using 27 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Moussaka:

1. Make ready Meat
2. Make ready 1 large aubergine, sliced into 1cm slices
3. Get 2 teaspoons olive oil, divided
4. Prepare 2 red onions diced
5. Make ready 600 g minced lamb
6. Prepare 4 cloves garlic, minced
7. Get 1 teaspoon cumin
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon ground coriander
9. Prepare 1 teaspoon cinnamon
10. Take 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
11. Take 1 (400 g) tin chopped tomatoes
12. Make ready 250 ml red wine
13. Take 125 ml water
14. Get 1 tbsp tomato puree
15. Make ready 1 bay leaf
16. Get 1 teaspoon dried thyme
17. Take 1 teaspoon dried oregano
18. Get 1 1/2 teaspoon dried mint
19. Get 250 g Maris Piper potatoes, peeled, sliced into 1cm slices
20. Prepare White Sauce
21. Make ready 250 ml milk
22. Make ready 25 g butter
23. Get 25 g flour
24. Take 1/2 grated nutmeg
25. Take 30 g crumbled feta cheese (grated Parmasan or Cheddar can be use
26. Get 250 g ricotta
27. Take 1 egg

Instructions to make Moussaka:

1. Sprinkle the aubergine with salt and leave for 30 minutes (draws out bitter juices). Then rinse aubergine in a colander and squeeze out excess liquid. Dry well with a kitchen cloth. Add to roasting tin and add 1 teaspoon olive oil. Mix to give a good coating. Roast for 30 minutes.
2. Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a pan over medium high heat. Add mince, break up with a fork till browned. Add garlic, cayenne, cumin, cinnamon and coriander, stir for 1-2 minutes. Add herbs, wine tomatoes and puree. Stir. Turn down the heat to very low and simmer, covered for 30 minutes. Remove lid and allow liquid to reduce. Leave to rest overnight.
3. Cook the potatoes in boiling water for five minutes, then drain in a colander under running water until cold.
4. Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
5. Meanwhile, melt butter in pan, then remove from heat and add flour and mix, return to heat and slowly mix in the milk. Stir over a medium heat until thickened. Season and add cheese and ricotta, stir. Leave to cool.
6. Spoon one third of the meat sauce into a large, shallow ovenproof dish. Cover with a layer of potatoes and a layer of aubergines. Repeat the layers twice more, finishing with the aubergines.
7. Lightly whisk egg in a separate bowl and then stir into white sauce. Top with white sauce and bake in oven for 50 minutes.

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