Elegant Moussaka

Name: Elegant Moussaka
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1–1.25 kg (2–2½ lb) long, even-sized aubergines; 175 g (6 oz) chopped onion; 1 small hot chilli, de-seeded and chopped; 250 ml (8–9 fl oz) Greek yogurt; 250 g (8–9 oz) lean lamb or beef, minced; 1 kg (2 lb) tomatoes, skinned, de-seeded and chopped; 2 large cloves of garlic, chopped finely; 100 ml (3–4 fl oz) beef or lamb stock; 3 large eggs (size 1–2); 15 ml spoon (1 tablespoon) grated parmesan cheese; a pinch of sugar; salt and pepper; olive oil, for frying

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cooking of the Mediterranean

By Jane Grigson

Published 1991

About

A lighter version of the well-known Greek Moussaka. It has less meat, with yogurt sauce rather than béchamel.

Ingredients

1–1.25 kg (2–2½ lb) long, even-sized aubergines
175 g (6

Europe
Greece
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Cut the aubergine lengthways into thin slices, and then halve each one lengthways again. Take a charlotte mould (a dish or tin with outwardly sloping sides) of 1.5-litre (2¾-pint) capacity and cut enough p