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🍽️ Classic Greek Moussaka
682 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- potatoes, mainly waxy 500 g
- salt pinch
- onions, yellow 1 pc.
- garlic cloves 2 pc.
- thyme, fresh 10 g
- olive oil 75 ml
- minced meat, mixed 500 g
- pepper, black ground pinch
- oregano, dried pinch
- white wine, dry 50 ml
- tomatoes, chopped 400 g
- eggplants 2 pc.
- butter 1 tbsp
- feta 250 g
- whipping cream 100 g
- milk 100 ml
- eggs 2 pc.
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius fan-forced.
- 2. Wash the potatoes thoroughly.
- 3. Place the potatoes in a pot with salted water.
- 4. Parboil the potatoes for about 20 minutes.
- 5. Halve the onion and the garlic.
- 6. Peel the onion and the garlic.
- 7. Roughly chop the onion and the garlic.
- 8. Wash the thyme.
- 9. Pat the thyme dry.
- 10. Strip the thyme leaves from the stems.
- 11. Finely chop the thyme leaves.
- 12. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan over high heat.
- 13. Fry the minced meat vigorously for about 4 minutes.
- 14. Add the chopped garlic and onions.
- 15. Fry the vegetables for another 2 minutes.
- 16. Season the mixture with salt, pepper, oregano, and thyme.
- 17. Pour in the wine.
- 18. Stir in the tomatoes.
- 19. Bring the sauce to a boil.
- 20. Let the sauce simmer for about 10 minutes.
- 21. Taste the sauce and adjust seasoning if needed.
- 22. Wash the eggplants.
- 23. Cut off the ends of the eggplants.
- 24. Slice the eggplants into about 0.5 cm thick slices.
- 25. Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan over high heat.
- 26. Fry the eggplant slices in batches on both sides.
- 27. Let the fried eggplant slices drain on kitchen paper.
- 28. Drain the parboiled potatoes in a colander.
- 29. Rinse the potatoes briefly.
- 30. Peel the cooled potatoes.
- 31. Slice the potatoes.
- 32. Grease a baking dish with butter.
- 33. Layer the eggplant and potato slices alternately in the dish.
- 34. Spread the minced meat tomato sauce evenly over the top.
- 35. Put feta cheese, cream, milk, and eggs into a tall container.
- 36. Blend the ingredients for the sauce.
- 37. Season the sauce with pepper and salt.
- 38. Pour the sauce over the potato layer.
- 39. Bake the moussaka in the oven for about 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown.
- 40. Serve the moussaka hot.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 682
- Protein: 37 g · Fett/Fat: 47 g · Carbs: 33 g