August 28, 2010 – Moussaka

We made moussaka today – it was very much like Margalit’s moussaka, which I gave up trying to imitate years ago. We only had 2 eggplants, so we added another kilo of zucchini, and started out with a layer or sliced partly cooked potatoes. while the eggplant and zucchini were baking in their breadcrumbs, we fried up some onions, garlic and a kilo of meat (I would have preferred lamb but this was a last minute thing), half a cup of wine, cup of crushed tomatoes and some paste, parsley, sugar, allspice,cinnamon, salt and pepper, layered it alternately with kashkaval, and covered it all with a bechamel flavored with nutmeg. An hour of baking at medium heat made it perfect.