Spiced lentil and tomato Moussaka

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I have a gorgeous spiced lentil moussaka for you to try on one of these cold nights.

Spiced lentil and tomato Moussaka

Serves

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People

Time Prep

15

Minutes

Cooking Time

45

Minutes

CUISINE

COURSE

Main

Method

  1. A Ovenproof Grease To 200°c/gas The Preheat Mark Dish 6 Lightly Large, Oven Shallow,

  2. Gently Heat In Oil And 5 Tbsp Softened Cook Garlic Onions, Large Of Add Minutes, 2 Pan Until And The Peppers A For Olive

  3. And 60 Tomatoes, The Until And Stock, Simmer Are Minutes Add For 40 Seasoning Lentils, Lentils Cover Chutney The Cooked

  4. This And On Batches With Oil Pepper Hot Pop A Salt Until A Side, Do Sheet Remaining Aubergine Each Brush Season The Brown With Under Baking Grill The Single Slices Golden Minutes 3 If A In Arrange You & Olive Can 2 Preferred For Layer And

  5. Minutes Cheese Gradually Butter A Return Make The Boil, To And The Remove The Low To In Heat Stirring Sauce, Milk And The A 175g Some Pepper And For Heat, Nutmeg To Plus 2 Then Often Melt The 2 Salt Add The Add For The And 3 Saucepan, Bring Stir From Minutes Simmer Flour 3 In Stirring

  6. Cheese And Into Half Repeat Slices The Cheese With Of This To The Of The Mix Dish, Layer Lentil Cover Remaining Half Assemble, Spoon Top With Sprinkle The Aubergine Step Again On Half Sauce

  7. Simple Serve The Oven Minutes Is Salad Dish The A And 30 And Top With Crusty Green Hot Bread 40 The In Until For Or Pop Is Piping Golden

Ingredients

  • Olive Oil 6 Tbsp

  • Onions, Roughly Chopped 2

  • Cloves Crushed 3 Garlic,

  • Roughly And Peppers, Red Deseeded 2 Chopped

  • Lentils Puy 225g Dried

  • Tomatoes Chopped X Tins Of 400g 3

  • Vegetable Stock 300ml

  • Chutney Mango 2 1 Tbsp

  • And To Salt Taste Pepper

  • (~5mm ) Aubergines, Sliced Thickly 3

  • for Sauce: Cheese The

  • Butter Real 50g

  • 50g Plain Flour

  • Milk 600ml

  • 225g Cheddar, Grated Mature

  • Mustard 2 Dijon Tsp

  • (optional) Taste Freshly Nutmeg, Grated To

Method

  1. Preheat Grease Lightly To Mark A Shallow, Large, The 200°c/gas Oven Ovenproof 6 Dish

  2. Softened Heat Garlic Oil Cook Olive For Tbsp The Gently Pan 2 Of Minutes, Large Peppers In 5 And And Onions, Add A Until

  3. Simmer Minutes Lentils Chutney Lentils, Are Tomatoes, And Stock, The 60 The Add And 40 Until Seasoning Cooked Cover For

  4. Aubergine Single Pepper Until Arrange Under Olive 2 Sheet With Batches You Brown Minutes Remaining Hot Grill A Slices Side, A For The Pop Preferred The And Baking Brush Layer Golden Do & Salt Season In And Can 3 On Oil A If With This Each

  5. A Make In To Low Sauce, Add For 3 Remove Simmer To 175g From Return Minutes Heat Milk Often Saucepan, Plus Melt 2 And Add Butter Cheese Nutmeg And 3 The Heat, 2 In Bring And For Minutes The Boil, The Stir Stirring The Stirring To Flour Salt The A The Then Pepper Gradually And Some The

  6. Mix To Repeat The Layer Remaining Sauce Lentil Half Sprinkle This Assemble, Slices With Half Of Cover With Aubergine The Again Top Cheese On Dish, Of Half And Spoon Cheese Step The Into The

  7. Or Crusty Oven 40 Hot Golden With Salad Green In The 30 A The Piping Is Until The Pop And And Top Is For Simple Serve Minutes Bread Dish