Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, pastitsio. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have pastitsio using 20 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio:
- Get 1/2 cup Olive Oil
- Prepare 2 lb Ground Beef
- Take 1 cup Dry White Wine
- Take 14 oz Tomato Puree
- Make ready 1 large Yellow Onion
- Prepare 3 tbsp Chopped Fresh Parsey
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
- Get 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs
- Get 1 packages Elbow Macaroni
- Prepare 4 Egg Whites
- Get 1 Unsalted Butter
- Prepare 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
- Prepare 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- Get Bechamel Sauce
- Make ready 1 cup Unsalted Butter
- Get 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- Get 1 quart Milk, warmed
- Get 8 Yolks, lightly beaten
- Make ready 1 pinch Nutmeg
A baked Greek pasta with flavorful lamb (or beef) bolognese & nutmeg-infused bechamel. Pastitsio is to Greeks what lasagne are to the Italians and what mac and cheese is to Americans In Greece, pastitsio is often enjoyed in February, during the weeks that precede Lent, and on the. Pastitsio is one of my favorite baked pasta dishes. My husband made this recipe for us a couple of I have tried several pastitsio recipes this is by far the best and most authentic.
Instructions to make Pastitsio:
- Heat olive oil in large saute pan. Add ground beef and cook over medium heat. Add onions and cook until translucent.
- Add wine, tomato sauce, parsley, allspice, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Allow to simmer over low heat 10 minutes. While sauce is simmering cook pasta.
- Rinse noodles to cool slightly.
- Stir breadcrumbs into meat sauce to absorb extra liquid. Remove from heat.
- Melt 1/2 cup of butter in pasta pot and return noodles to the pot. Stir in beaten egg whites and 1 cup of Parmesan cheese. Toss lightly, do not break noodles.
- Brush pan with olive oil. Layer bottom with half the noodles. and press down firmly. to make flat.
- Layer beef evenly over pasta. Layer remaining pasta over beef.
- Preheat oven to 350°F and start preparing Bechamel Sauce.
- Melt butter in sauce pan over low heat. Using a whisk add flour continuously stirring to make smooth. Allow mixture to cook not brown.
- Add warm milk in a steady stream, whisking continuously. Simmer over low heat until thickened but does not boil.
- Remove from heat and add in beaten yolks. Add a pinch of nutmeg.
- Bechamel Sauce is thicker than gravy but not as thick as pudding. Pour sauce over noodles making sure to pour down into the corners. Layer with Parmesan cheese.
- Bake 45 minutes or until golden.
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