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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Brush eggplant with olive oil, salt & pepper and roast at 475 for 25 mins until soft. Set aside. | 2. Meat Sauce: Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until browned, about 4 minutes. | 3. Add garlic and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. | 4. Add beef, oregano, allspice, cloves, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper, and cinnamon, Cook for 2 minutes. | 5. Lower heat to medium and cook until meat still pink, and then add tomatoes and garlic and bay leaf and bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. | 6. Custard Sauce: Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. | 7. Remove from heat, and whisk flour, salt, milk, and nutmeg. | 8. Return to heat and bring to a boil. Simmer two minutes. | 9. Transfer sauce to a bowl and cool. | 10. When sauce is cool, whisk in egg and yolks. | 11. Assemble the Moussaka. Lower the oven to 350. | 12. Brush a 9x13 dish with the olive oil. | 13. Scatter breadcrumbs over bottom of the dish. | 14. Layer 1/2 of the the eggplant, overlapping slices if necessary. | 15. Layer 1/2 of the meat sauce and smooth with a spatula. | 16. Repeat the other layer. | 17. Pour the custard sauce over the mixture and smooth again. | 18. Sprinkle with the romano cheese. | 19. Bake uncovered until brown and custard is set, about 1 hour. | 20. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then serve with a spatula or spoon. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
eggplant	2		halved sliced	-	-	-	-
olive oil	1/2	cup		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1	teaspoon		5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	1		chopped	28.0	6.537999999999999	0.77	0.07
garlic clove	3		minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
oregano	1/2	teaspoon	dried	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
allspice	1/8	teaspoon		0.6246	0.1713	0.0145	0.0206
clove	1/8	teaspoon	ground	0.7192	0.172	0.0157	0.0341
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
kosher salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	peeled chopped	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
butter	5	tablespoons	unsalted	427.5	19.6425	13.3575	36.0
purpose flour	6	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
milk	3	cups		446.52	34.9896	23.058000000000003	23.9364
kosher salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1/8	teaspoon		1.4438	0.1355	0.0161	0.0999
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
egg yolk	2			109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
breadcrumb	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
romano cheese	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-

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