Mousaka with bechamel sauce
Mousaka with bechamel sauce

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Prepare the béchamel sauce for the moussaka. Use a large pan to melt some butter over low-medium heat. Add the flour whisking continuously to make a paste.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mousaka with bechamel sauce using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mousaka with bechamel sauce:
  1. Make ready 1.5 cups rice, cooked with salt and turmeric and cardimom
  2. Get 500 g mince beef
  3. Get 1 onion minced
  4. Prepare 2 garlic cloves minced
  5. Prepare 1 green pepper chopped
  6. Get Potatoes cubed and fried
  7. Take Aubergine cubed and fried
  8. Prepare Tomato paste
  9. Get 1 cup pasta sauce
  10. Get Salt, pepper, turmeric, cumin, curry
  11. Get Mozzarella cheese
  12. Take Parsley for decoration
  13. Make ready Bechamel sauce
  14. Take 2 cups milk
  15. Get 1 cup cream
  16. Take 3 spoons flour
  17. Prepare 25 g butter
  18. Take Salt, pepper, turmeric

Then, there's the Bechamel sauce which should be thick but never lumpy. For best results, remember that each component of the moussaka must be sufficiently seasoned. If, however, you plan to use plenty of Parmesan, you may want to underseason the. To prepare the bechamel sauce, melt the butter.

Steps to make Mousaka with bechamel sauce:
  1. Fry minced beef till it browns then add onion, garlic and fry together. Then add pepper and the spices and mix. Then add tomato paste and sauce. Finally add potatoes and aubergine
  2. Bechamel sauce: Melt butter then add flour and mix till it becomes a smooth paste. Then slowly pour the milk while stirring at the same time. Then add the cream and keep stirring till it becomes thick. Then add salt, pepper and turmeric.
  3. Grease pyrex bowl with butter then add a layer of the cooked rice. On top add a layer of the mix that was prepared in previous steps. And then the bechamel sauce.
  4. Top with grated mozzarella then put in a preheated oven for 15-20 minutes. Decorate with chopped parsley.

Add the flour and stir until bubbly. Don't let the flour darken or burn. Pour the bechamel sauce on the ground beef mixture. Serve fresh from the oven or double-down the moussaka recipe by making two at a time for easy meal prep. You can even store leftovers in the freezer for up to three months and reheat in.

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