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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Peel eggplants. | 2. Slice into rounds 1/2-inch thick. | 3. Sprinkle both sides generously with salt. | 4. Place in deep bowl; Cover with cold water. | 5. Place dinner plate on top to keep slices submerged; let set 1 hour at room temperature. | 6. When ready to use, thoroughly rinse and drain. | 7. Saute meat in butter until color is gone. | 8. Add onion. | 9. Cook until soft. | 10. Drain off fat. | 11. Mix in tomato paste, water, parsley, allspice and pepper. | 12. Simmer, uncovered, until liquid is absorbed. | 13. Cool 30 minutes. | 14. Beat eggs to a froth. | 15. Stir into meat. | 16. Add parmesan, 3 tablespoons. | 17. breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. | 18. Butter a 13"x9"x2" baking dish. | 19. Sprinkle remaining bread crumbs on bottom. | 20. Arrange one third of eggplant slices over crumbs. | 21. Cover with half of meat mixture. | 22. Add another layer of eggplant and the remaining meat. | 23. Top with eggplant slices. | 24. Pour Moussaka Sauce over all. | 25. Bake in 375 degree oven for 1 hour. | 26. Remove from oven. | 27. Allow to stand 10 minutes. | 28. Cut into squares. | 29. Serve with a big tossed salad. | 30. Moussaka Sauce: Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. | 31. Stir in flour until absorbed. | 32. Remove from heat. | 33. Slowly stir in milk. | 34. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and comes to a boil. | 35. Remove from heat. | 36. Beat eggs 5 minutes. | 37. Add a small amount of sauce to eggs. | 38. Stir egg mixture back into sauce. | 39. Add remaining ingredients. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
eggplant	2			-	-	-	-
beef	1 1/2		ground	1347.1709	0.0	132.1316	86.6136
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
onion	2		chopped	88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
water	3	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
parsley	2	tablespoons	chopped	2.736	0.4811	0.2257	0.06
allspice	1	teaspoon		4.997	1.3703	0.1157	0.1651
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup		148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
breadcrumb	6	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
salt black pepper				-	-	-	-
butter	1/4	cup		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
flour	2	tablespoons		72.285	15.8257	1.1751	0.2804
milk	2	cups		297.68	23.3264	15.372	15.9576
egg	4			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup		148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1	dash		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.