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Greek-style panko crumb moussaka

A plant-based twist on a classic, greek aubergine dish. Portion sizes relate to a child of primary school age, please amend to suit your needs.

Ingredients

Servings: 10
  • 1 portion
    School Plates ultimate tomato sauce (School Plates Recipe Volume 2 – page 24)
  • 4.6 g
    ground cinnamon
  • 4.6 g
    smoked paprika
  • 3.6 g
    dried oregano
  • 1.2 kg
    Maris Piper potatoes peeled and sliced into 5mm rounds
  • 290 g
    aubergine diced into approx 2cm cubes
  • 1 portion
    béchamel sauce (School Plates Recipe Volume 2 – page 24, approx 750ml)
  • 80 g
    panko breadcrumbs

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
  2. Make the tomato sauce recipe (recipe in notes section, or page 24). Add the ground cinnamon, paprika and dried oregano to the tomato sauce and mix. Set to one side.
  3. Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Add the potato slices and parboil for 15 minutes and drain. Leave the potatoes in the colander.
  4. Meanwhile, make the béchamel sauce (recipe in notes section, or page 26).
  5. Take a deep, ovenproof dish (25cm x 20cm) and spoon half of the tomato sauce into the dish.
  6. Top with half the aubergine and then half of the potato.
  7. Repeat, using the remaining tomato sauce, potatoes and aubergine.
  8. Finish by pouring the béchamel sauce over the top and sprinkling with the breadcrumbs.
  9. Bake for 40 minutes or until a deep, golden brown.

Notes

For the tomato sauce, and béchamel sauce, please download our School Plates Recipes Volume 2 recipe book, download for free here: https://proveg.org/uk/download/2/school-plates/51187/school-plates-the-recipes-2.pdf

Top tip: The ultimate tomato sauce can be made just with lentils, simply remove the soya mince and replace with another 200g lentils. 

Key facts per serving:

Fibre: 8g

Protein: 22g

Saturated fat: 2.4g

Other nutrition facts: high protein, contains omega-3, iron, zinc, calcium & vit B12

Allergens: gluten & soya

CO2 emissions: 0.57kg, very low carbon (A rated)

 

 

Tags

Courses: Lunch, Main Course
Cuisines: Greek
Programmes: School recipes