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Title: VEGAN MOUSSAKA
Categories: Main dish
Yield: 1 Servings
2 lg Aubergines/eggplants,
-sliced lengthwise
2 md Courgettes/zucchini
1/2 c Soya mince/TVP
1 tb Vecon/vegetable stock
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1/2 c Olive oil (or less, but it
-won't taste the same)
-some olive oil for frying
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3 tb Vegan cheese
3 tb Pine kernels/nuts
3 md Potatoes, sliced
3 c White sauce (vegan
-unhydrogenated marg/soya
-milk/white flour)
1 cn Tomatoes
1 lg Onion
3 Cloves garlic
Salt and let stand the aubergines for 2 hours. Rinse well and fry
in some olive oil. Boil the potatoes for a couple of minutes and then
fry in some olive oil till tender.
Fry onions in the olive oil and add the garlic and courgettes. Add
the soya mince which should have previously been rehydrated with
some olive oil and some vegetable stock. Add the tomatoes and
finally add the pine kernels and the cheese. You may like to add
some herbs here, though this wasn't done traditionally.
In a glass baking dish make layers of aubergines, tomato/mince sauce
and the potatoes mixed with the white sauce. Make sure the top layer
is a potato/white sauce mix.
Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes at about 300 degrees F.
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Title: MOUSSAKA (EGGPLANT & MEAT WITH CUSTARD)
Categories: Greek, Ground beef, Pork/ham, Cheese/eggs, Beef
Yield: 6 Servings
4 Eggplants, large
1 Salt
1 Flour for coating
1/2 c Oil, vegetable
MEAT SAUCE
2 tb Butter
1 Onion, finely chopped
1 1/2 lb Beef, ground chuck
1/2 lb Pork, lean ground
1 tb Salt
1/2 ts Pepper
1/4 ts Nutmeg
2 tb Parsley, chopped
3 tb Tomato sauce
1 c Wine, dry red
1/2 c Water, boiling
2 Eggs
1 c Cheese, grated *
2 Toast, dry slices, grated
CREAM SAUCE
1/4 c Butter
2 tb Flour
1/4 c Milk, cold
2 3/4 c Milk, warm
1 c Cream, half and half
3 Eggs, whole
3 Eggs, yolks only
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Nutmeg, grated
1/3 c Cheese, grated *
TOPPING
1/3 c Cheese, grated *
* Cheese, Kefalotyri cheese is prefered, but if it is unavailable,
Parmesan or Romano may be substituted.
Peel eggplant and cut into 1/4 inch slices. Salt both sides heavily,
let sit for 30 minutes. Pour cold water over eggplant and let sit
for 10 minutes more. Squeeze the water out and blot dry with paper
towels. The natural bitterness will be gone. Coat the pieces with
flour. Heat the begetable oil in a skillet and fry eggplant until
golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Saute the onion in butter, add the ground meat, and brown well. Add
salt, pepper, nutmeg, parsley, tomato sauce, wine and boiling water.
Cover and cook until the sauce thickens. Beat the eggs and add. Add
cheese and half the grated toast and mix well.
Grease a 12x10x3-inch baking pan. Spread remaining half of toast
crumbs over bottom. Arrange half the eggplant over crumbs. Cover
with meat sauce, then sprinkle 2 Tb of cheese from topping over it.
Cover this with the remaining eggplant.
To make the cream sauce, melt butter in a saucepan. Make a paste of
the flour and cold milk and add the flour paste, warm milk and cream
to the pan. Blend until smooth and simmer about 15 minutes. Remove
from flame and add beaten eggs while stirring the sauce vigorously.
Stir in the salt, nutmeg, and 1/3 cup cheese. Pour over the eggplant
dish. Sprinkle top with remaining chese. Bake at 375 degrees for 45
minutes. Let the dish stand for 20 minutes before serving.
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... Sincerely yours Gigi
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