Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake)
Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake)

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pastitsio (greek pasta bake). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook pastitsio (greek pasta bake) using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake):
  1. Prepare 2 lb ground beef or lamb
  2. Get 1 large onion - diced
  3. Make ready 2 clove garlic - minced
  4. Make ready 1 cup tomato sauce (approx 1 - 8 oz can)
  5. Get 1/2 cup dry red wine - I use shiraz
  6. Prepare 1 can petite diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can)
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp parsley
  8. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  9. Get 1 tsp cinnamon
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  11. Take 1/4 tsp pepper
  12. Make ready 1 lb pasta - macaroni or ziti
  13. Get 4 eggs - divided
  14. Prepare 1 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese - divided
  15. Get 2 tbsp olive oil
  16. Prepare 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
  17. Make ready 1 cup ap flour
  18. Get 3 cup milk

Nothing speaks family dinner better than Pastitsio! Bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil over a high heat. Drain and combine with the meat sauce. Add the cooked onions to the sauce and let everything cool.

Steps to make Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake):
  1. Preheat oven to 375° and grease/spray a 13x9 baking dish.
  2. In a large skillet - brown ground beef and onion. Drain. Add garlic and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add in tomato sauce, wine, can of undrained diced tomatoes and seasonings. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Taste - adjust seasoning if desired.
  4. While meat is simmering - cook pasta. Do not overcook - pasta should be just shy of al dente.
  5. Drain pasta. Return pasta to pot and mix in olive oil, 2 beaten eggs and 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese.
  6. Now start the bechamel/white sauce. In a large saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Add in flour and whisk until it's a smooth paste. Cook for a minute or two but do not brown.
  7. Slowly add in milk and cook for a few minutes, whisking constantly, until sauce thickens.
  8. Remove from heat. Season to taste with salt, pepper & a bit of nutmeg. Mix in 2 beaten eggs & remaining 1 cup of parmesan cheese. This will be a very thick sauce - if it's too thick to work with you can add a bit more milk.
  9. Assembly time : ) Spread half of the pasta mixture evenly on the bottom of the casserole dish - make sure bottom is completely covered.
  10. Evenly spread the entire meat mixture over bottom pasta layer.
  11. Top meat with remaining pasta.
  12. Pour the bechamel/sauce on top of noodles. With a spoon spread sauce making sure to get edges and corners. Sauce should be nearly to top of casserole dish - you may have a little leftover.
  13. Bake for 45 minutes - top will be golden brown. Let rest for 20 minutes before cutting. Enjoy : )

Drain and combine with the meat sauce. Add the cooked onions to the sauce and let everything cool. Pastitsio, or pastichio (the spelling doesn't translate so well) combines two family favourites - macaroni and cheese and pasta bolognese to form a sort of Greek lasagne. Basically it is pasta in a bolognese-type sauce topped with a simple Béchamel sauce and baked in the oven. For the traditional pastitsio / Pasticcio recipe, layers of pasta, juicy minced beef and velvety béchamel sauce are baked together to create the ultimate Greek comfort food!

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