This dish is cross between Greek Moussaka and Italian Bolognese Pasta. Enjoy mixture of cultures and tastes.
Ingredients:
2 medium eggplants, sliced thinly
2 tbs oil
1 medium onion, chopped
500 g beef (or lamb) mince
2-3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tbs flour
2-3 tbs tomato paste
1 can crushed / diced tomatoes
salt, pepper, oregano
1 cup (dried) macaroni
- mozzarella cheese and passata / tomato paste for top
Method:
Slice eggplant thinly, sprinkle with salt and put it aside.
Heat oil, sautee onion then add flour and mince. Cook until meat changes colour, then add all other ingredients (except pasta). Cover and cook for 5-8 minutes, or until slightly thickened.
Switch oven to 180*C, line a loaf pan with non-stick paper, leaving paper to overhang sides. Rinse eggplan slices and place them over papper, slightly overlapping (best slices leave for top).
Spoon 1/3 of bolognese on bottom, arrange 1/2 of pasta in a few lines; repeat with another 1/3 of meat mixture, another 1/2 of pasta, then finish with meat sauce. Cover with overlapped slices of eggplant and put reserved slices on top. Bake for 30-35 minutes. For last 5 minutes place mozzarella and tomato sauce / passata to decorate. Sprinkle with extra oregano, cool slightly, then serve.
'Bolonjeze Musaka'
Musaka sa mljevenim mesom i patlidzanima ukrstena sa pastom i Bolognese sosom. Uzivajte u mjesavini kultura i okusa!
Potrebno:
2 srednja patlidzana, rezana tanko
1 srednji crveni luk, sjeckan
2 K ulja
500 gr mljevenog mesa (govedina ili jagnjetina)
2-3 cena bijelog luka, sjeckana / protisnuta
1 K brasna
2-3 K gustog sosa od paradajza
1 konzerva sjecanog paradajza
so, biber, origano
1 solja makarona
- mocarela sir i ukuhani paradajz za povrsinu
Nacin:
Nasijecite tanko patlidzan, osolite i ostavite po strani.
Zagrijte ulje u posudi, proprzite luk. Dodajte brasno i meso i mijesajte dok meso ne promijeni boju. Dodajte sve ostale sastojke (osim makarona), promijesajte , poklopite i kuhajte nekoliko minuta dok se blago ne zgusne.
Ukljucite rernu na 180*C; postavite neprijanjajuci papir za pecenje preko forme za hljeb / kruh.
Isperite patlidzan, posusite zatim postavite preko papira preklapajuci i ostavljajuci da blago visi preko ivica (najboljih nekoliko ostavite za povrsinu). Uspite 1/3 bolognese sosa, postavite 1/2 makarona preko toga ( u nekoliko nizova), slijedite sa drugom 1/3 sosa, ponovo nizom makarona i naposlijetku zadnja 1/3 mesnog sosa. Prevrnite patlidzan preko, postavite rezervisane slojeve i pecite 3-35 minuta. Zadnjih 5 minuta stavite mocarelu i pasatu, pospite sa jos origana. Prije sluzenja malo rashladite (da se nebi raspalo pri rezanju).
