moussaka
Noun
Meaning
casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs
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Great prices and a down-home tavern ambiance, we fueled ourselves with a hearty portions of stewed beef and lamb, a well-executed moussaka, and a pasta dish that photographed way better than it actually tasted.
Followed on from this with succulent charcoal grilled meats; juicy moussaka; and moreish kibbeh bissaniyyeh — mince meat, pine nuts and onions coated with a mixture of ground meat and crushed wheat, and served with lashings of yoghurt.
Saturdays are the day Rich really lets loose in the kitchen, whipping up weekly specials such as chicken souvlaki (whose recipe she kindly shared with Fort Wayne Magazine), calamari salad, moussaka and pastichio.
Kokkari's moussaka ($19.75) is much adored (what's not to love about a rich dish of béchamel, eggplant, lamb, and potato bubbling in an earthenware bowl?
Fill up on messy gyros, moussaka, dolmas, plates of pasta and manicotti and soulvaki.
They range from the relatively simple (scrambled eggs with chives, mixed peppers, sweet potato oven fries, wilted spinach) to the complex (herb and cheese soufflé, chocolate almond tortes, moussaka).