🇬🇷 Greek Vegetarian

Lentils Moussaka

Name: Lentils Moussaka
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 53 min
Total time: 93 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 50 g Butter; 200 ml Heavy Cream; to taste Salt; 1, sliced into rings Onion; 3 Potato; 1 tbsp, for the dish Olive Oil; 500 ml Milk; 50 g All-Purpose Flour; 1 tsp Dried Oregano; 250 g Lentils; 100 g, grated Cheese; 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

🇬🇷 Greek

Bubbling, golden-topped comfort: lentils baked until the edges crisp and the centre turns molten. About 93 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 40 min Cook 53 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Butter50 g
Heavy Cream200 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced into rings
Potato3
Olive Oil1 tbsp, for the dish
Milk500 ml
All-Purpose Flour50 g
Dried Oregano1 tsp
Lentils250 g
Cheese100 g, grated
Ground Cinnamon1/2 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Dillhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the lentils.
3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the dried oregano.
4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.

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