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Mussaka
  • Mussaka
  • Cuisine Cuisine: Greek
  • Category Category: Main Course
  • Serves Serves: 9 persons
  • Difficulty Difficulty: Medium
  • Cost Cost: Medium
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Ingredients

  • 2½ cups vegetable oil, for deep frying
  • 2 large potatoes or 500 g, peeled and sliced into medium slices
  • 5 baby zucchini or 400 g, cut into medium slices
  • 2 eggplants or 500 g, cut into medium slices
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, additional for cooking
  • 400 g minced beef
  • 1 sachet MAGGI® Bolognaise Mix
  • 2½ cups water or 625 ml
  • For the béchamel sauce:

  • 4 cups milk or 1000 ml, liquid
  • 1 sachet MAGGI® Béchamel Mix
  • 1 medium tomato or 150 g, cut into medium slices
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese or 100 g, grated

Preparation

Heat oil in a pan and fry potato slices first, then fry the baby zucchini and eggplants and set aside.

Heat additional oil in pan and sauté minced meat until brown then add MAGGI® Bolognaise Mix and water and let it boil for 5-8 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

Mix milk and MAGGI® Béchamel Mix in a saucepan. Bring to a boil under constant stirring. Simmer for 2-3 minutes until sauce thickens. Remove from heat.

Spread a spoon of béchamel sauce in the bottom of a 30cm x 24cm oven tray and arrange half of the fried vegetables on top. Pour bolognaise sauce with 3 tablespoons of cheese then arrange the rest of fried vegetables and pour the rest of the béchamel.

Arrange tomato slices on top and spread with grated cheese and bake in a 200˚C oven for 20-25 minutes or until the surface is golden color.

Cooking tips : Make sure the potato slices are tender after frying (oil temperature shouldn’t exceed 170˚C).