Moussaka Recipe

Ingredients

2 large eggplants, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch slices

1/4 cup cooking oil

2 pounds ground lamb or ground beef

1 cup chopped onion

1 clove garlic, minced

1 8-ounce can tomato sauce

2/3 cup dry red wine

2 tbsp snipped parsley

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp dried oregano, crushed

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

1 beaten egg

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

dash pepper

2 cups milk

3 beaten eggs

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

ground cinnamon

Oven 325o

 

Method

Brush both sides of eggplant slices with the oil; sprinkle lightly with some slat. In a large skillet brown eggplant slices about 1 1/2 minutes per side. Drain and set aside. In the same skillet cook ground lamb or beef, chopped onion, and garlic till meat is brown and onion is tender; drain off excess fat. Stir in tomato sauce, dry red wine, snipped parsley, the 1 teaspoon salt, oregano, and the 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Gradually stir the tomato-meat mixture into the 1 beaten egg.

 

Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan melt butter or margarine; stir in flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Add milk all at once; cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes more. Gradually stir the thickened milk mixture into the 3 beaten eggs. In a 13x9x2-inch baking dish arrange half of the browned eggplant slices. Pour all the tomato-meat mixture over; top with the remaining eggplant slices. Pour the hot  milk-egg mixture over all. Top with Parmesan cheese and sprinkle with additional cinnamon. Bake in a 325o oven for 40 to 45 minutes. Top with additional parsley, if desired. Makes 8 to 10 servings.

 

Per serving(1/8 of servings): 597 g calories, 27 g Protein, 14 g carbohydrates, 46 g fat, 965 mg sodium

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