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Empadão - recipe comparable to moussaka, popular in Portugal; Karnıyarık – recipe comparable to moussaka, popular in Turkey; Pastitsio – Greek baked pasta dish; Parmigiana - sliced eggplant layered with cheese and tomato sauce and then baked, popular in Italy; Shepherd's pie – recipe comparable to moussaka, popular in the United Kingdom
Chef John Fraser, aka "The Silent Chef" on Youtube, is stopping by the TODAY kitchen to celebrate the release of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3" with a big fat Greek feast!He shows off a classic ...
Moussaka (μουσακάς) Casserole made of (typically fried) aubergine, potato, and spiced minced meat. There are other, less common variations besides eggplant, such as zucchini. The modern version of the dish was created by the Greek chef Nikolaos Tselementes in the 1920s Makálo (μακάλο)
In the 20th century, French cuisine had a major influence on Greek cooking, [44] [45] [46] largely due to the French-trained chef Nikolaos Tselementes, who created the modern Greek pastitsio; he also created the modern Greek version of moussaka by combining an existing eggplant dish with a French-style gratin topping.
It is often stewed, as in the French ratatouille, or deep fried as in the Italian parmigiana di melanzane, the Turkish karnıyarık or Turkish and Greek musakka/moussaka, and Middle-Eastern and South Asian dishes. Eggplants can also be battered before deep-frying and served with a sauce made of tahini and tamarind.
The Greek version is typically made with minced meat (usually beef, also mixed with lamb or pork), bread crumbs, egg, garlic, and parsley, and generously spiced with cumin, cinnamon, salt, and pepper. They are floured before being fried in olive oil. The tomato sauce has tomato, wine, onion, garlic, a bayleaf, salt and pepper, and olive oil.
The most recent and most popular contemporary variant of pastitsio was invented by Nikolaos Tselementes, a French-trained Greek chef of the early 20th century.Before him, pastitsio in Greece had a filling of pasta, liver, meat, eggs, and cheese, did not include béchamel, and it was wrapped in filo, similar to the most Italian pasticcio recipes, which were wrapped in pastry.
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