Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, pastitsio. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Pastitsio is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Pastitsio is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Pastitsio, my Dad's amazing - Greek Lasagna Pastitsio is a favorite traditional Greek dinner recipe. It's a Greek version of lasagna- characterized How do you make Pastitsio?
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have 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
- Make ready 14 oz Tomato Puree
- Prepare 1 large Yellow Onion
- Make ready 3 tbsp Chopped Fresh Parsey
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
- Prepare 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs
- Make ready 1 packages Elbow Macaroni
- Take 4 Egg Whites
- Get 1 Unsalted Butter
- Get 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
- Get 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- Get Bechamel Sauce
- Make ready 1 cup Unsalted Butter
- Prepare 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- Get 1 quart Milk, warmed
- Prepare 8 Yolks, lightly beaten
- Get 1 pinch Nutmeg
A delicious Greek recipe made with ziti pasta, ground meat, béchamel sauce cheeses and herbs! A baked Greek pasta with flavorful lamb (or beef) bolognese & nutmeg-infused bechamel. Pastitsio - layers of pasta and minced meat in tomato sauce, covered in bechamel, baked to crispy perfection. Pastitsio is one of my favorite baked pasta dishes.
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.
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. Pastitsio is to Greeks what lasagne are to the Italians and what mac and cheese is to Americans - intensely In Greece, pastitsio is often enjoyed in February, during the weeks that precede Lent. Cinnamon and nutmeg add a warm, spicy note to noodles covered in a creamy Parmesan bechamel. See the recipe for Greek Lasagne (Pastitsio) » Michael Kraus. Pastitsio is a creamy, cheesy pasta dish that is sometimes called Greek lasagna, but it's made with large tubular pasta.
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