Mousaka: what it is and where to eat it
A layered baked casserole consisting of eggplant, minced meat, and a thick topping of béchamel sauce.
11 restaurants on Tastavo serve it
- Cuisine
- Greek
Typical ingredients
- eggplant
- minced meat
- béchamel sauce
- potatoes
- tomato sauce
- onion
History of the dish
Greece
- Origin
- Greece
Read more
Moussaka (, UK also , US also ; see below) is an aubergine (eggplant)- or potato-based dish, often including ground meat, which is common in the Balkans and the Middle East, with many local and regional variations. The modern Greek variant was created in the 1920s by Nikolaos Tselementes.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Moussaka” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0
Where to eat it
London
- Alexanders Greek Restaurant£14.50
- Orjowan MOUSAKA£8.95
- Ali Baba Restaurant£18
Hamburg
- Samos Hamburg Eimsbüttel€19.90
- Taverna Priamos MOUSAKA€16.50
Manchester
- Bouzouki By Night£18.50
Munich
- Taverna Limani Mousaka (Hackfleisch-Auberginen-Kartoffel-Auflauf) und Salatbeilage€17.90
Stuttgart
- Restaurant Fuchsrain 43. MOUSSAKA€18.90
Corfu
Rhodes
Chania
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