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An easy Moussaka recipe made with ground beef, spices and potatoes. This traditional Macedonian recipe is satisfying comfort food that tastes amazing! 

Meat and Potato Casserole {Traditional Macedonian Moussaka}

russett potatoes, (peeled,

olive oil

yellow onion, (diced)

beef, ((hot pork sausage tastes great, too))

salt and pepper

garlic

paprika

tomato paste

parsley

eggs, (beaten)

milk

Preheat oven to 375˚F.

Cook sliced potatoes in boiling salted water for 5 minutes; drain under cold water and cool immediately. Set aside.

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and add onion; cook for 2 minutes.

Add ground beef; break apart with a wooden spoon and cook until browned, about 5 minutes.

Stir in garlic.

Add tomato paste and stir until completely incorporated.

Season beef with paprika, salt, and pepper.  Taste for seasonings and adjust accordingly. Remove from heat and set aside.

Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.

Layer 1/3 of the sliced potatoes on the bottom of the prepared baking dish.

Top the potatoes with half of the ground beef mixture.

Spread 1/3 potato slices over beef.

Add remaining beef mixture and top with last layer of potatoes. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs; then whisk in the milk, salt, and pepper; continue to whisk until thoroughly combined.

Pour the milk mixture over the potatoes.

Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until custard is set and potatoes are a golden brown.

Let rest 10 minutes before cutting and serving.

Shopska Salad is the Macedonian version of a chopped salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peppers and white [feta] cheese. It&#x27;s a healthy and refreshing salad perfect for lunch or dinner!

Shopska Salad {Macedonian Chopped Salad}

ripe tomatoes, (chopped)

green banana peppers, (chopped,

English cucumber, (chopped)

salt and black pepper, (to taste)

extra virgin olive oil

red wine vinegar, (or to taste)

feta cheese

Place the chopped tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and onions in a large serving bowl.

Add salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar to a bowl and whisk to combine. Pour the dressing over the salad mixture, toss it, and mix until well blended. Taste for seasonings and adjust accordingly.

Top with crumbled feta cheese and sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.

Refrigerate for about 20 minutes, or until ready to use.

Serve.

Love this. My go to regularly. Thr Macedonian's have some really good stuff

Made this and it was so good! I'm going to make it for my Macedonian boyfriend now. &lt;3

This is a gorgeous salad. I eat it every week, if not every day.

Otherwise, all people from all countries are welcome to enjoy this dish.

I have a co worker from Macedonia  and just this week a few of us gathered again  at his  house for the full Macedonian feast. Coarse after coarse but it  began with this salad. Absolutely delicious. Going to be making it at home often. As for the other dishes, I’ll have to get the names written down as I don’t recall the names. All fantastic and I’m a fan!

I have to agree with all those who said that it’s always THEIR culture’s salad.  My late husband was born and raised in Beograd and he was adamant than any variation of this salad was Serbske’ salate (spelling?).  😆. Since he passed, I’m left with his grandmother’s old tattered cookbook, in Serbian, which I can’t read and, even if I did, there’s no standard of measurement to be found…it’s a ‘large spoonful’ or ‘small handful’ or ‘a slightly hot oven’ 🤣 so for years it was trial and error.  

Ive tried to recreate the old dishes from recipes I’ve found on line but none come close…except for this one!!! Thank you SO much Katerina for sharing this recipe.  I’m going to make this for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow night for my kids to get an authentic taste of their fathers’ culture.  

p.s.  if anyone has an authentic recipe for Gibanica, please share

Let's go even further with this. 

This is for Mo.. 
BEFORE any of that land that your mentioned was divided illegally (mind you) where external western governments drew imaginary lines with big fat red felt marker on a paper map; Macedonia existed, and was one WHOLE place, one ethnicity, one name called Macedonia, one ancient language written about in the Homeric poems, one FAMOUS King Aleksandar of Makedon, and one ancient culture. This is simply fact, and not weighted on something as insignificant as the illegal politics of the last century. 

If you don't believe me Mr. Mo the Bulgarian, just look at ANY bible of ANY sect of Christianity, and please tell me what countries are mentioned inside the Holy scripture.
Go ahead. I'm waiting. 

Mic drop.

I honestly don’t care where this recipe “came from”….I’ve now made it about 5 times and we love it! Thanks for the awesome recipe!

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