Moussaka

Moussaka

Baked Greek-style casserole; the source provides a meat sauce ingredient list (meat sauce shown as a separately prepared component).

By Віталій

Source: https://x.com/i/status/2064176608454553873 — Alexandra Nikolidaki

Ingredients

  • Extra virgin olive oil — 4 tbsp
  • Ground beef — 600 g
  • Onions — 2 pcs
  • Garlic cloves — 2 pcs
  • Cognac — 50 ml
  • Tomatoes — 3 pcs
  • Tomato juice — 80 ml
  • Cinnamon — 1 pcs

Steps

  1. Blend the onions, garlic and tomatoes separately until combined into a coarse puree.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat and sauté the blended onions and garlic until softened.
  3. Add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up, until browned throughout.
  4. Pour in the cognac and let it reduce briefly, then add the blended tomatoes, tomato juice and the cinnamon and simmer the sauce until it thickens to a saucy consistency.

Meat sauce

  • Extra virgin olive oil — 4 tbsp
  • Ground beef — 600 g
  • Onions — 2 pcs
  • Garlic cloves — 2 pcs
  • Cognac — 50 ml
  • Tomatoes — 3 pcs
  • Tomato juice — 80 ml
  • Cinnamon — 1 pcs
  1. Blend the onions, garlic and tomatoes separately until combined into a coarse puree.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat and sauté the blended onions and garlic until softened.
  3. Add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up, until browned throughout.
  4. Pour in the cognac and let it reduce briefly, then add the blended tomatoes, tomato juice and the cinnamon and simmer the sauce until it thickens to a saucy consistency.

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