There are several recipes for moussaka on my site, all of them are good. I made this one accidentally, since I didn't have enough potatoes, so I substituted the lack of potatoes with zucchini. Even better. Since then, I often prepare moussaka this way. You can replace zucchini with eggplant if wanted, but then you'll need to fry shortly sliced eggplant to soften.
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Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of potatoes (35 oz)
- 2 medium-sized zucchini
- 500 g of minced meat (17.5 oz)
- 1 small head of onions
- as necessary vegetable seasoning or salt, black ground pepper, oregano, dried parsley, a little garlic powder
- 50 ml of oil (1/5 cup)
- 100 ml water (1/3 cup)
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup plain yogurt or a mixture of yogurt with milk (or milk, buttermilk)
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into thin circles. I use cabbage grater and it goes very fast and all potatoes are of the same thickness. Do the same with the zucchini.
- Finely chop the onion and place it on a little oil, add the minced meat and fry it nicely. In the end, add spices like vegeta (I put a little more than half a tablespoon), black pepper, oregano, parsley, garlic powder ... you can add half a tablespoon of red paprika, I don't add it since I like my moussaka white.
- Preheat the oven to maximum degrees.
- In a pan of 24 - 26 cm, arrange one row with potatoes, add a bit of salt or vegetable seasoning, arrange all zucchini, add salt and a little garlic if wanted since zucchini goes excellent with garlic, add the minced meat and finish with potatoes.
- Sprinkle 50 ml of oil on top and spices.
- Add just a little water, don't add a lot because zucchini will release water.
- Put it to bake for about 40 minutes to 220 C (430 F) degrees, until the top potatoes start getting color. Remove the moussaka and sprinkle with scraped eggs and yogurt and return it to bake for another 15 minutes.
