How to Use moussaka in a Sentence

moussaka

noun
  • Start with lavas bread and a few dips before moving on to the lamb adana kebab or moussaka (sliced eggplant with ground lamb).
    Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 July 2017
  • And for those who already clearly know their moussaka, their tzatziki and their baklava, this is just like home.
    Joan Cary, Aurora Beacon-News, 8 July 2018
  • Other moussaka recipes use potato slices, which tend to need a fair amount of salt for seasoning.
    Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2020
  • More smoke seeps into moussaka — the Arab version, not the Greek one — as eggplants are roasted and then simmered for hours with chickpeas, tomatoes and mint.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Egyptian moussaka foregoes both the béchamel of the Greek version and the usual ground beef, so all attention is given to the eggplant, roasted in tomato sauce until the flesh goes lush.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2020
  • One will serve Athenian chicken, pork shish kabobs, moussaka, pasticcio (ground beef with noodles) with béchamel sauce on top.
    Joanna Broder, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2017
  • His moussaka—baked eggplant with zucchini, potato, and fresh tomatoes—is also a draw.
    David Kortava, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Take your time exploring the farm, with everything from papaya trees to baby peacocks, before trying the house salad packed with fresh-picked greens or the sweet potato moussaka.
    Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
  • But what food and prices: hummus and assorted salads, kebabs, moussaka, and the like, plus Abali yogurt soda and Burg apple nonalcoholic beer to wash it down.
    Michael Klein, Philly.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The Zaman menu features a wide assortment of traditional Greek and Lebanese selections, from grape leaves, falafel and baba ghanouj to moussaka, gyros, kabobs and Shawarma.
    Carol Wolfram, NOLA.com, 11 July 2017
  • Douskos is still operating and still in the family, feeding generations of Greeks and travelers heaping servings of moussaka and fish soup.
    Hazlitt, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The fast-casual restaurant serves steak gyros, lamb shank youvetsi, chicken souvlaki and moussaka.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019

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