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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (865g)

Recipe makes 8 servings

Calories 1025
Calories from Fat 479 (46%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 53.3g 81%
Saturated Fat 27.8g 139%
Monounsaturated Fat 17.9g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.6g
Trans Fat 1.1g
Cholesterol 321mg 107%
Sodium 1453mg 60%
Potassium 2419mg 69%
Total Carbohydrate 76.4g 25%
Dietary Fiber 9.2g 36%
Sugars 9.4g
Protein 59.2g 118%

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Moussaka

Recipe #276692 | 1¼ hours | 30 min prep | add private note

By: Chef #715484
Jan 7, 2008

This is a recipe from my mother-in-law who lived in Greece all her life. It takes a little bit of time to prepare it, but is well worth your time!

SERVES 8 -10 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

For the sauce

Directions

  1. 1
    Brown 2 lbs. ground beef with 1 onion. Add 1 can diced tomatoes and 1 can tomato sauce. Simmer for ½ hour. Then add ½ cup wine. Let cool and then add two beaten egg whites.
  2. 2
    Cook potatoes, zucchini, eggplant. Saute each in olive oil.
  3. 3
    In pan put a layer of beef mixture….Then a layer of potatoes, then zucchini or eggplant. Keep layering until all used up.
  4. 4
    For the sauce.
  5. 5
    Melt 1 stick of butter in microwave. Put butter in sauce pan with ¾ cup flour. Add flour gradually. Heat 4 cups of milk in microwave. Add slowly to flour mixture. Cook till thickened. Then add 1 containers of fresh parmesan cheese and other cheese if you want. Let cool. Then you beat 2 eggs and 2 egg yolks. Add slowly to sauce. Pour sauce on top of casserole. Bake about 45 minutes at 375 or until browned on top.

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From: Queen Dana

On Sep 25, 2008

This was really good and easy to scale down. I used a merlot because that's what I had on hand. I also sauted some garlic with the beef. I have a blend of mediterranean seasonings that I bought somewhere and I mixed in about a 1/4 teaspoon of that in with the beef. I also salted and peppered the potato and zucchini. I served this with some pita chips and hummus.

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