Highly Strung

Step 1.  Saute onion and garlic.  Add lamb and brown.  Add half tsp cinnamon, half tsp all spice, one bay leaf, 2 tbsp tomato puree and half a tin of chopped tomatoes.  Salt and pepper to taste.  Simmer for one hour.

Step 2.  Slice peeled potatoes, and boiled until cooked but still holding their shape.  Roast slices of Aubergine

Step 3. Layer cooked mince, potato and aubergine, finishing with mince.

Step 4.  Delia’s bechamel sauce; make about half a litre of white sauce, cool.  Add half a tub of ricotta and one beaten egg.  Pour over the moussaka and sprinkle cheese on top.

Annnd we’re done.

Inspired by couple of different recipes, BBC good food site and Delia (both of which were just too technical for my patience or lack thereof).

I’d do a hash on the title but I’ve totally forgotten hwo to do that on my mac.

Annnway via Lizsara’s blog I’ve decided to try a best moments of 09 thing.  I was supposed to start the first day of December – but never mind, I’ll start today.

Best night out of ’09

It’s very much a toss up between the NZ Society Waitangi Day ball or the night I went to La Clique for the first time.  I’m goingt o choose La Clique though, partly because a friend who has become a really good friend over the last year came that night and partly because it was such an unexpected delight.