Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pastitsio. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Pastitsio is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Pastitsio is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pastitsio using 20 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio:
- Prepare 1/2 cup Olive Oil
- Prepare 2 lb Ground Beef
- Make ready 1 cup Dry White Wine
- Take 14 oz Tomato Puree
- Make ready 1 large Yellow Onion
- Get 3 tbsp Chopped Fresh Parsey
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
- Get 1 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
- Take 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs
- Get 1 packages Elbow Macaroni
- Prepare 4 Egg Whites
- Prepare 1 Unsalted Butter
- Make ready 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
- Prepare 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- Prepare Bechamel Sauce
- Prepare 1 cup Unsalted Butter
- Take 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- Take 1 quart Milk, warmed
- Make ready 8 Yolks, lightly beaten
- Prepare 1 pinch Nutmeg
The Pastitsio (or Pastichio) is a famous Greek pasta bake with a spiced meat sauce and a silky Nothing speaks family dinner better than Pastitsio! You may also know it as Greek pasta bake, and. A baked Greek pasta with flavorful lamb (or beef) bolognese & nutmeg-infused bechamel. Pastitsio is a layered Greek pasta casserole dish, made with tubular pasta, meat sauce and topped with bechamel sauce.
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.
The name pastitsio comes from the Italian "pasticcio", where in some parts. Greek lasagna from my friend's Greek grandma ~ layers of cinnamon-lace beef, Kasseri cheese and creamy béchamel sauce. Pastitsio is a creamy, cheesy pasta dish that is sometimes called Greek lasagna, but it's made with large tubular pasta. Pastitsio - layers of pasta and minced meat in tomato sauce, covered in bechamel, baked to crispy perfection. Pastitsio is a Greek pasta bake made with pasta, meat sauce and bechamel sauce.
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