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‖ moussaka|muːˈsɑːkə, muːsəˈkɑː| Also mousaka. [ult. ad. Egyptian Arab. musaḳḳ‘a through Turk.: cf. mod. Gr. µουσακᾶς, Rum. musaca, Alb., Bulg. musaka, etc.] A Balkan and eastern Mediterranean dish of minced beef or lamb, aubergines or potatoes, and onions.
1941H. D. Harrison Soul of Yugoslavia 284 Moussaka is another dish which savours of the east. An earthenware dish is filled with alternative layers of minced mutton and slices of potato or egg plant which have been dipped in batter and lightly fried. Over this is poured a batter of eggs and sour cream and the whole is baked slowly for some hours. 1950E. David Bk. Mediterranean Food 33 (heading) Moussaka. Mince 1 lb. of beef or lamb very fine... Stir the yolk of an egg into..cream or milk and pour it on top of the Moussaka... The egg and the cream form a kind of custard on the top of the Moussaka. 1957L. Durrell Bitter Lemons 215 We lunched..on a deserted beach to the west of Kyrenia,..eating a moussaka. 1960Sunday Express 25 Dec. 8/7 Exotic dishes: stuffed dolmas, mousaka. 1962Listener 2 Aug. 191/2 Ask six people for a recipe for the Balkan dish mousaka and you will get six different answers, but they are all variations on the theme of minced meat (generally lamb) layered with vegetables. 1966Punch 3 Aug. 189/3 We were suspicious when she started us automatically with ouzo, and brought three bottles of retzina with the moussaka. 1972J. Aiken Butterfly Picnic i. 19 Moussaka..is a sort of super-shepherds-pie with a cheese omelette on top. |