Moussaka

Serves 4 People.  

Ingredients
One half pound ground beef
1 Onion, Chopped
1 Potato, sliced into very thin (1/8 inch thick) rounds
3 Eggplant, Peeled and sliced into rounds

1 Tb tomato paste
1 ts Balsamic vinegar
1/2 ts garlic powder
Salt and pepper to taste

Roux Mix
2 Tb butter
Flour
75 g Cheddar Cheese
Salt to taste

Tomato sauce

Directions
Coat the potatoes with salt, pepper and olive oil.  Cook the potatoes in the oven until they are soft.
Cook the onion and eggplant in some olive oil in separate skillets. Make sure that the onions are translucent and the eggplant is completely soft.

After they are all cooked, place the onion, potato and eggplant off to the side.

Next, cook the meat in a skillet until brown.  When the meat is cooked, add the tomato paste, balsamic, garlic, salt and pepper.  This will give the meat a little more flavor.

Place the meat off to the side.

Lastly, you need to make a roux.  This will go on the top of your moussaka.  Melt 2 tb of butter in a skillet on medium heat.  Add enough flour to form a thin paste.  Next add 1/2 cup of milk and stir until the liquid thickens.  Lastly, add the salt and cheddar cheese.  If you think that your mixture is too thick, you can add some more milk.  The consistency should be similar to yogurt.

The ingredients will now be assembled in a square baking dish.  You probably should use a 10" or 8" pan.  First, place the meat on the bottom.  Then add rotating layers of eggplant, onion and potato.  You can also add a little bit of tomato sauce with the layers if you prefer.

On the top spread your roux mixture.

Cook the Moussaka in the oven at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes and then broil it at the end to brown the top.