Menazzeleh
(Unusual Meat Pie)
From: The Cookbook of the United Nations
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Menazzeleh (Unusual Meat Pie)
Menazzeleh (Unusual Meat Pie)
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 pound beef chopped
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tomatoes peeled and chopped
- 1/3 cup parsley finely cut
- 1/2-1 teaspoon cumin
- 2 tablespoons mint or dill chopped
- 4 egg beaten
Instructions
- Brown the chopped beef, onion, and garlic in hot fat in medium or large frying pan. Add salt, pepper, tomatoes, parsley, cumin and fresh mint or dill. Cook over low heat until the mixture is well blended. Stir eggs into the meat mixture; cook over low heat until eggs are set. Serve in pie-shaped wedges.
From: The Cookbook of the United Nations
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Vaerie’s Mousaka recipe
Vaerie’s Mousaka
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 medium eggplant peeled and pared into ½” slices
- Salt
- Flour
- Corn Oil
- 2 medium potatoes peels & pared into ¼” slices
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 & ½ lbs ground beef
- 1 can tomato sauce 8oz
- Salt & Pepper
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Salt eggplant slices and let stand 1 hour.
- Drain & rinse, then flour and brown in oil in a large skillet.
- Drain on absorbent paper to remove excess oil.
- Add potatoes to skillet and cook until partly tender (add oil as needed).
- Beat 2 tablespoons oil in another skillet.
- Add onion and saute, stirring frequently till tender.
- Add meat and brown.
- Add tomato sauce and season to taste.
- In greased 8”x8”x2” baking dish, arrange alternate layers as follows: eggplant, meat, potatoes, meat, eggplant, meat, potatoes, meat.
- Bake in 350° oven 30 minutes.
- Beat eggs and cheese well and pour over top of Mousaka.
- Bake 10 minutes longer.
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