This recipe is a first course I rely on for pretty much every dinner party at my home, and is often a dish I bring to potlucks at friends' homes. Maybe because it feels like home to me, as it was a signature rotating dish that my mother made throughout my entire childhood...
Though a popular and well-known Greek dish, moussaka is said to actually originate from Turkey. During Ottoman rule, it spread far and wide, uniquely adapted to local flavors and ingredients all across the Middle East and into the Mediterranean.
This adapted recipe of our Land + Sea Weeds ghee is a more accessible version to DIY at home, offering a nourishing and restorative tonic through the depths of winter.