Moussaka Stuffed Eggplant
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Moussaka made easy. The best way to eat eggplant ever!
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Need
- 2 eggplants
- pink salt flakes as needed BUY
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) as needed BUY
- 100 Grams parmesan, cubed
- 100 Grams mozarella, cubed
- 1 brown onion, halved
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 Teaspoon ground cumin
- Teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 Tin diced tomatoes crushed
- 400 Grams lamb or beef mince
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Béchamel Sauce
- 50 Grams butter BUY
- 25 Grams cornflour
- 3 eggs
- Pinches pink salt flakes to taste BUY
- 200 Grams milk
- Freshly grated nutmeg to taste
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The rest
- 1-2 lemons, in wedges
- Small Handfuls fresh oregano leaves
- Small Handfuls Italian parsley leaves
Do
- 1
Preheat oven to 200ºC and line a baking tray with paper.
- 2
Cut eggplants in half, and remove flesh from centre, forming a hollowed out ‘boat’ with about a 2 cm perimeter. Salt the eggplants well, as well as the eggplant removed from the centre and allow to drain in a colander for about 10-20 minutes.
- 3
Rinse and pat dry with a paper towel and place onto prepared tray. Drizzle ‘boats’ with EVOO and roast about 10 minutes. Roughly cube the eggplant from the centre.
- 4
Meanwhile make the filling.
- 5
Place cheeses into Thermomix bowl and mill 6 sec/speed 10. Remove from bowl and set aside.
- 6
Place onion, garlic, cinnamon, cumin, oregano, and a little EVOO into Thermomix bowl and chop 2 sec/speed 6. Add bay leaves and sauté 5 min/Varoma/speed 1.
- 7
Add tomatoes, meat and cubed eggplant. Cook 10 min/100ºC/Reverse/speed 1.
- 8
Remove from bowl.
- 9
To make béchamel, place all ingredients into Thermomix bowl and cook 8 min/80ºC/speed 4.
- 10
Add half the cheese and stir 20 sec/speed 4.
- 11
Fill eggplants with meat mixture. Top with bechamel and finish with the grated cheese, divided equally between each. Return to oven for 30-40 minutes until well cooked and cheese sauce is browned and bubbling. If the bechamel is browning before the eggplant is soft and well cooked, cover the entire dish with some foil to prevent over browning.
- 12
If you wanted to extend this recipe to feed more, just add a half eggplant per person. The meat will stretch with the eggplant, so no need to add more.
More
Serve with lemon wedges, fresh oregano and parsley leaves alongside a salad.
Served with
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
