Pastitsio (baked macaroni)
Pastitsio (baked macaroni) recipe in the greek category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 pound macaroni
- 1/4 pound butter
- 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey or beef
- 1/2 can tomato paste
- 6 ounces grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- Salt and pepper
- Sauce:
- 4 cups warm milk
- 5 eggs
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2) sticks butter
Recipe method:
- Cook macaroni in boiling, salted water and drain. Saute onion in a little butter.
- Add ground meat and stir until brown. Add tomato paste, thinned with a little water.
- Add salt, pepper, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook until meat is done.
- Melt butter. Pour over drained macaroni, mixing carefully.
- Spread half of the macaroni on the bottom of a 13 x 9-inch pan.
- Sprinkle half of the grated cheese on top. Spread entire meat mixture on top.
- Cover with remaining macaroni and remaining grated cheese.
- For the Sauce, boil 3 cups of the milk with 1 1/2 sticks butter.
- Add flour to remaining 1 cup milk and blend well.
- Add flour mixture to boiling butter and milk. Thicken and cool.
- After this has cooled, add 5 beaten eggs, or drop small amounts of the milk mixture into the eggs while stirring constantly.
- Once the egg mixture gets warm to hot, add the remaining milk.
- Pour sauce over the macaroni. Shake the pan and insert a knife to penetrate thoroughly.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes.
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