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By recipetineats.com
Moussaka (Greek Eggplant Lasagna)
Instructions
Prep:40minCook:30min
Recipe video above. A traditional recipe for an iconic Greek dish from a wonderful cookbook called The Food And Cooking Of Greece by Sara Nassopoulos. Layers of soft eggplant, rich beef or lamb filling lightly spiced with oregano and cinnamon, topped with a thick layer of bechamel sauce. It looks like a lot of steps but the recipe has a nice flow to it - I've popped prompts in the steps. 🙂
Updated at: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:41:49 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Unbalanced
Glycemic Index
37
Low
Glycemic Load
12
Moderate
Nutrition per serving
Calories662.5 kcal (33%)
Total Fat46 g (66%)
Carbs31.3 g (12%)
Sugars16.1 g (18%)
Protein32.6 g (65%)
Sodium1606.6 mg (80%)
Fiber7.1 g (25%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
6 servings

1kgeggplant
aubergines, 0.75cm, 0.3" thick slices

1 tspsalt

2 Tbspolive oil

1 Tbspolive oil

1onion
diced, brown, white, yellow

3garlic cloves
minced

700gground beef
or lamb, mince

½ cupred wine
dry, optional

400gcrushed tomatoes

3 Tbsptomato paste

1 cupbeef broth

1beef bouillon cube
crumbled, or 1 tsp powder

2bay leaves

1 ½ tspsugar
any

2 tspdried oregano

½ tspcinnamon
or, use whole

¾ tspsalt

60gbutter

5 Tbspplain flour

2 ½ cupsmilk
any fat %

¼ tspnutmeg
freshly grated, optional

½ cupparmesan cheese grated
or Kefalotiri Cheese

1egg

1egg yolk

1 ¼ tspvegeta
vegetable or chicken stock powder, or salt

¼ tsppepper

â…“ cuppanko breadcrumbs
Instructions
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Notes
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Makes leftovers
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This was absolutely amazing! I forgot to take ingredient/prep picture. L was in charge of making the Bechemel sauce with some assistance. So proud of him.
We had a bag of frozen grilled eggplant, and it was absolutely perfect to shortcut to prepping an eggplant fresh. Probably shaved off 40 minutes or so. Traditional ground lamb was used- & apparently we had "just enough " of all of the other ingredients, milk, parmesan cheese, tomato paste, panko, broth! It was meant to be!
This Moussakka recipe will be made again and again. A perfect comfort Sunday meal- a lower carb version of a lasagna. 😋😋😋
