Lamb Moussaka

Name: Lamb Moussaka
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, European, Greek
Ingredients: 454 grams peeled baking potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices; 0 teaspoons black pepper; 2 kilograms diced tomatoes, undrained; 118 milliliters dried currants or raisins; 3 larges egg whites; 1 kilograms eggplants, cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 large garlic clove, minced; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 680 grams lean ground lamb or beef; 473 milliliters 1% low-fat milk, divided; 1 Tbsp olive oil, divided; 473 milliliters chopped onion; 1 teaspoons dried oregano; 28 grams 1/4 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese, divided; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 Tbsp butter or stick margarine

The recipe Lamb Moussak If you have garlic clove, milk, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the low fat milk you could follow this main course with the Salted Caramel Brownie Milkshake as a dessert. It works well as an affordable main course.

Instructions

To prepare lamb mixture, cook lamb in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until browned; stir to crumble.

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Lamb

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Dutch Oven

Remove from pan; drain. Set aside. Wipe skillet with paper towels.

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Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Add onion to pan coated with cooking spray; saut 5 minutes.

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Cooking Spray

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add lamb, currants, and next 7 ingredients (currants through garlic); bring to a boil. Cook until thick (about 30 minutes).

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Currants

Garlic

Lamb

Preheat broiler.

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Broiler

To prepare sauce, cook 1 1/2 cups milk and butter in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat to 180 or until tiny bubbles form around edge (do not boil).

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Butter

Sauce

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat.

Combine 1/2 cup milk, egg whites, flour, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; gradually add the hot milk mixture to the egg white mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return milk mixture to pan, and cook until thick (about 15 minutes), stirring constantly.

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Egg Whites

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Frying Pan

Remove from heat.

Place half of eggplant slices on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray, and brush with 1 1/2 teaspoons oil. Broil 4 minutes on each side or until browned. Repeat procedure with remaining eggplant and 1 1/2 teaspoons oil.

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Cooking Spray

Eggplant

Cooking Oil

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Baking Sheet

Preheat oven to 37

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Oven

Cook potato slices in boiling water 5 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. Rinse with cold water; drain well.

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Potato

Water

Arrange potatoes in the bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Arrange half the eggplant slices over potatoes.

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Cooking Spray

Eggplant

Potato

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Baking Pan

Pour 4 cups lamb mixture over eggplant, and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cheese. Arrange remaining eggplant over cheese, and top with the remaining lamb mixture.

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Eggplant

Cheese