Mock Moussaka G D Low

Gluten & Dairy containing, Low Salicylate

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

800g minced lamb
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 shallot or chives, sliced
2 celery sticks diced
500ml homemade stock
5 potatoes
~2 cups milk
3 Tbsp margarine or butter
1/3 cup plain flour
1 egg (lightly beaten)

Method:

Preheat oven to 1800 Celsius
Grease a cooking pan with dimensions roughly 30cm x 20cm

Preparing the potato

• Peel the potatoes and cut them into 1 cm
thick rounds
• Microwave, boil or steam until soft. Make
enough to cover the bottom of the baking dish

Preparing the meat

• Brown the lamb mince in a large saucepan on the stove. Salt to taste
• Add the garlic, chopped shallot, celery and then the stock
• Simmer for about ½ hour or more until the stock reduces and the meat is not ‘runny’

Preparing the white sauce

• In a small pot on the stove melt the margarine/butter
• Add the flour and stir until combined
• Cook for a further 30 seconds before adding the milk
• Add a small amount of milk (~1/4 cup) and mix together. Keep adding small amounts and stirring to combine this before adding the next milk.
• Stop adding milk if you think the sauce is getting too thin
• Beat the egg into the mixture
Putting it together
• Cover the base of the cooking dish with 1 cm thick slices of potato
• Pour the lamb mixture over the top of this
• Put the white sauce and egg mixture over the top of the meat
• Cook in the oven for about 45-50 minutes until the topping slightly browned

RECIPES SUITABLE FOR THE RPAH FOOD CHEMICAL ELIMINATION DIET

Disclaimer: Please note that the food chemical elimination diet is a testing tool to find which food chemical substances your body is sensitive to. It is not intended to be a life-long diet. This procedure should be done with the supervision of your dietitian. Once the elimination investigations are complete you need to add foods back to the diet, from the food chemical groups you have been avoiding, to find your tolerance levels to the substances to which you are sensitive.

The following recipes fall into 4 main categories and will help you through this diet investigation and or the initial re-introduction of moderate chemicals.

LOW CHEMICAL RECIPES
Free from gluten/wheat and dairy foods