Friday, December 26, 2008

Mousaka with Bechamel Sauce (Besamel Soslu Musakka)


200 gr (~1/2 lb) ground beef, medium
4-5 medium potatoes, chopped in bite sizes
1 big onion, chopped
2 tbsp tomato, diced or crushed
½ tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp salt
½ tsp paprika
¼ tsp cumin
¼ tsp black pepper
1 cup hot water
Béchamel Sauce:
3 cups milk
3 tbsp flour, heaping
8 tbsp (100-125 gr) butter /margarine
2 eggs, beaten
½ tsp salt

Place the ground beef in a large skillet and sauté over medium heat till its color changes (no need to add oil). Add onion and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, salt and spices and mix. Finally, add potatoes and sauté for 5 minutes. Place the mixture into a Pyrex dish and add the hot water. Place the Pyrex dish into 400F (200 C) preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes (see the picture).
Béchamel Sauce:
Place the butter in a pot and melt. Add the flour and sauté over low heat till its color change to yellow. Then, add milk and stir continuously to make Béchamel sauce smooth and even. If flour particles don’t dissolve use a blender. Add the salt and cook for 3 minutes. Turn the heat off, add the eggs and stir.
Take the Pyrex dish off the oven. Pour the Béchamel sauce evenly on top of it. Place the Pyrex dish back to the oven and bake until the surface of Béchamel sauce is brown (about 20-25 minutes).
ENJOY
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TURKCE
200 gr yemeklik kiyma
4-5 orta boy patates, kup seklinde dogranmis
1 buyuk sogan, dogranmis
2 yemek kasigi domates, dogranmis yada pure
1 yemek kasigi salca
1 yemek kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi kirmizi toz biber
½ cay kasigi kimyon
½ cay kasigi karabiber
1 su bardagi sicak su
Besamel Sosu:
3 su bardagi sut
3 yemek kasigi tepeleme un
100-125 gr margarin/ tereyagi
2 yumurta, cirpilmis
1 cay kasigi tuz

Genis bir tavada kiymayi orta ateste renk degistirene kadar kavurun (yag koymaya gerek yok). Sonra sogani ilave edin ve 2-3 dakika kavurun. Domates, salca, tuz ve baharatlari ilave edin ve karistirin. Son olarak patatesleri ilave edin ve 5 dakika kadar orta ateste kavurun. Hazirladiginiz karisimi borcama yada bir tepisiye aktarin ve 1 su bardagi sicak suyu ilave edin. 200C (400F) ye onceden isitilmis firina borcami koyun ve yaklasik 20-25 dakika pisirin (resime bakiniz).
Besamel Sosu
Bir tencereye margarini koyup eritin. Unu ilave edip kisik ateste sararana kadar kavurun. Sonra sutu ilave edin ve surekli karistirin. Eger un parcalari dagilmazsa blendir ile krema kivamina getirin. Tuzu da ilave edip kaynadikdan sonra kisik ateste 3 dakika pisirin. Pistikten sonra ocagi kapatip cirpilmis yumurtayi ilave edin ve guzelce karistirin.
Tepsiyi firindan cikarin ve hazirladiginiz besamel sosunu uzerine esit olarak yayin ve tekrar firina koyun. Sosun uzeri kizarana kadar pisirin (yaklasik 20-25 dakika).
AFIYET OLSUN

4 comments:

Lina Vard said...

I MADE THIS DISH FOR MY FAMILY AND ALL I GOTTA SAY IS WOW.....

IT WAS FUN TO MAKE, THE LOOK WAS INTERESTING AND THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS THE TASTE AND I HAVE NO WORDS FOR IT.... IT WAS YUMMY..... IT WAS JUST DELICIOUS.....

THANKS FOR SHARING THIS GREAT RECIPE WITH US....

HOPE TO SEE MORE RECIPES FROM YOU

CHEERS,
LINA

turkishfoodandrecipes said...

Thank you for your great comments Linna. I'm really glad you enjoyed my recipes.
Hope to hear more good news from you:)

Anonymous said...

I COMMENTED WITH MUCH PLEASURE BECAUSE THE RECIPE WAS REALLY GREAT AND I WILL DEFINITELY CONTINUE MAKING THIS GREAT DISH...

I HAVE A QUESTION...

DO YOU HAVE A COOKBOOK ON SALE WITH ALL THIS RECIPES INSIDE?

THANK YOU,
LINA VARD

turkishfoodandrecipes said...

I do not have a cookbook Linda, hopefully I'm thinking to have one soon.