Make
your
Greek
Meal come alive
with
Moussaka!
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Moussaka
yummy layers of vegetables, meat, cheese with
a custard topping!
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We eat... then, We
Dance!
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Moussaka!
Basic ingredients:
1 1/2 lbs - 2 lbs. Potatoes ( preferably 2 large)
2 lbs of zucchini!
2 lbs of ground round (beef or lamb)
6 eggs
3 cups cream
1 cup grated mozzarella
Grated Myzithra Cheese
1/2 cup flour
3 large sweet onions
heaping tablespoon of garlic
salt, pepper, ground nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon to
taste*
olive oil
2 - 14.5 oz. cans of diced tomatoes
PROCESS:
PAN 1: cut thinly eggplants,
zucchini and potatoes horizontally and fry separately
PAN 2: Sauté onions, then add
cooked ground round, diced tomatoes, crushed garlic
and spices
PAN 3: make a sauce out of flour and a little butter,
then add cream and allow to cool...
once cooled add eggs and mix
BAKING DISH:
Place a layer of potatoes, then eggplant, then zucchinis
in the bottom of a large baking dish
Add a topping with meat mixture
Sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with
Myzithra
repeat layers
top with custard mixture
bake for about 50 minutes at 350
degrees
(raise temperature at end if more time is
needed)
enjoy!
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Finding the right sweet onions makes all the difference,
after all, you are going to use three of them!
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sliced Potatoes, zucchinis, and egg plants
ready for the fryer |
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Although most Moussaka has a thrifty amount of meat,
I add more!
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Adding the tomatoes, onions and garlic along with our
spices fills the home with a wonderful aroma!
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Frying up the Zucchinis!
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Why does Greece so much remind me of
the coast
of central California?
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3 layers of veggies proceed the meat layer: first
the potato, then the eggplant and finally the zucchini! |
I cheat with a little mozzarella but top it off with
some
authentic grated Myzithra ( a whey cheese made from
Sheep's milk!)
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Here's what else you can make for
your Greek Night Festivities!
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Yummy Cheesy Triangles (Tiropetes)
Recipe
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Try some Mythos Beer! |
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Our Baklava recipe is best!
(Karen added some Brazil nuts to the
recipe and it
was extraordinary! Nutty Heaven!)
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Kristin and Karen enjoying life in Athens |
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Stuffed Grape vines (Dolmades) topped
with
Greek Yogurt
and a nice Greek Salad by Laura!
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Oh yes, Greece saved an almost extinct variety of local
grape with the introduction of this extraordinary wine |
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Simple Greek Summer Salad
cut three tomatoes into wedges
1 sliced red onion
1 sliced cucumber
take 2 green bell peppers and cut into rings
(cut horizontally, not top to bottom)
2 tablespoons vinegar ( Laura likes Italian wine
vinegar)
salt and pepper to taste
6 tablespoons of olive oil
5 ounces or so of feta cheese
2 dozen Calamata olives
dried parsley and oregano
Preparation
Place tomatoes, peppers, onions
and cucumber into bowl
Mix salad dressing separately
(olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper)
pour over salad
Place crumbled feta cheese and
olives on top
sprinkle with Parsley and Oregano
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OPA!!!!
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