Moussaka - unconventional

: food, October 26 2021 ▶

Greeks have invented this tasty meal, but their variant is sometimes difficult to make and a bit heavier. I read this dish is made throughout the Mediterranean and Balkans. Different tastes - different ways of cooking it - here is mine and I hope you like it.
What you need:
- 500gr potatoes
- 500gr minced meat - mix of pork and beef
- 2 carrots
- 2 onions
- 4 garlic cloves
- 200gr water
- 2 eggs
- 400gr yoghurt
- sunflower oil, salt, ground black pepper, savory

Preparation:
- clean the potatoes, dice them in a baking dish.
- take a large skillet and cook the minced meat with some sunflower oil, constantly stirring. The end result should be small, separate pieces of meat. Put it in the backing dish with the potatoes.
- put the onions and carrots with some additional oil. Cook till onions get transparent. Add the garlic. Cook 2 more minutes and place it in the baking dish (to the potatoes and meat).
- season with salt, savory, (optional - 2 bay leaves), ground black pepper and stir again. Add the water.
- mix the potatoes, the meat, the onions, carrots and garlic.
- put the baking dish into the (preheated with fan) oven for 15 minutes at 180C.
- in the meantime mix the eggs with the yoghurt and some salt.
- take the dish out, stir the mix of vegetables and meat and put it back for another 10 minutes.
- do it again. Potatoes need to be slightly tender when you poke them with a fork. If not - some more cooking time.
- take the dish out and pour (as evenly as possible) the egg-and-yoghurt mix on top. Return it to the oven for 10-12 more minutes. At the end it should look like the picture above.
- Done!