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Moussaka vs Parmigiana - What's the difference?

moussaka | parmigiana |

As nouns the difference between parmigiana and moussaka

is that parmigiana is a cooking style in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked while moussaka is a dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven.

As an adjective parmigiana

is cooked or served with Parmesan cheese.

moussaka

English

(wikipedia moussaka)

Noun

  • a dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and , baked in the oven

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    parmigiana

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) parmigiana

    Adjective

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  • Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese.

    • Etymology 2

    (wikipedia parmigiana) From (etyl); generalised from the southern Italian dish Parmigiana di melanzane , which is made with eggplant.

    Noun

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  • (cooking, in combination) A cooking style in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
  • * 2007 June, Dining & Entertainment'', ''Orange County Magazine , page 270,
    • Specialties include veal parmigiana', chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant ' parmigiana and many others.
  • * 2009 , Diane Phillips, Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes , page 486,
    • Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.
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