Potato and Meat Moussaka

Description
In Romanian: Musaca de cartofi cu carne

Ingredients

 * 1 lb / 500 g ground sirloin
 * 1¾ lb / 750 g potatoes
 * 2 onions
 * 3 tablespoons lard
 * salt
 * pepper
 * chopped parsley and dill
 * 1 tablespoon tomato sauce or 3 – 4 tomatoes
 * bread crumbs

Directions

 * 1) Peel the potatoes and cut into finger thick slices.
 * 2) Salt them and let sit for a few minutes.
 * 3) Then dry and fry on both sides.
 * 4) Grind the meat with two raw onions and then set in a pan to fry with a tablespoon of lard.
 * 5) Add salt and pepper and fry lightly (do not overfry).
 * 6) In a pan greased with lard and covered with bread crumbs, arrange a layer of potatoes and then a layer of the meat mixture.
 * 7) Do this until all potatoes and all meat are used up, taking care that the last layer is potatoes.
 * 8) Spread chopped parsley and dill between all layers.
 * 9) Pour a tablespoon of tomato sauce mixed with a cup of meat broth (or arrange tomato slices) over the potatoes.
 * 10) If using tomato slices do not use tomato sauce.
 * 11) Bake in the oven until the liquid is substantially reduced.