Greece

Pastitsio

Name: Pastitsio
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 400 g bucatini or penne pasta; 600 g beef mince minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema); 1 large chopped onion; 2 cloves garlic; 5 chopped tomato; 2 tbsp tomato paste tomato puree; 1 stick cinnamon; a pinch of cloves or allspice whole spices; 2 tbsp olive oil; 5 tbsp butter; 3/4 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 4 cups milk; 2 egg; 3/4 cup grated, or kefalotyri parmesan; Salt, to taste; 1/2 tsp black pepper

Greek baked pasta: tubes of pasta, cinnamon spiced meat sauce and a tall béchamel top.

120 minTime

24 gProtein each

mildSpice

Greek lasagne1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayTubular pasta, spiced meat sauce and thick béchamel, baked.

The original

542kcalsame

24 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

120minutessame

Pastitsio.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pasta400 g bucatini or penne

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)600 g beef mince

Onion1 large, chopped

Garlic2 cloves

Tomato5, chopped

Tomato puree2 tbsp tomato paste

Cinnamon1 stick

Whole spicesa pinch of cloves or allspice

Olive oil2 tbsp

Butter5 tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)¾ cup

Milk4 cups

Egg2

Parmesan¾ cup, grated, or kefalotyri

Saltto taste

Black pepper½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Brown the mince with onion and garlic in olive oil, add tomato, paste, cinnamon and spices and simmer until thick.
2Boil the pasta until just underdone, drain and toss with a little cheese.
3Make a thick béchamel with butter, flour and milk; off the heat beat in the eggs and half the cheese.
4Layer half the pasta, all the meat and the rest of the pasta in a deep tray. Pour over the béchamel and the remaining cheese.
5Bake at 180 C until golden. Rest 30 minutes before cutting.

Serve it like this

Cut into tall squares showing the pasta, meat and béchamel layers, and serve with a green salad.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Greece

Pastitsio

Greek baked pasta: tubes of pasta, cinnamon spiced meat sauce and a tall béchamel top.

120 minTime

24 gProtein each

mildSpice

Greek lasagne1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayTubular pasta, spiced meat sauce and thick béchamel, baked.

The original

542kcalsame

24 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

120minutessame

Pastitsio.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pasta400 g bucatini or penne

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)600 g beef mince

Onion1 large, chopped

Garlic2 cloves

Tomato5, chopped

Tomato puree2 tbsp tomato paste

Cinnamon1 stick

Whole spicesa pinch of cloves or allspice

Olive oil2 tbsp

Butter5 tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)¾ cup

Milk4 cups

Egg2

Parmesan¾ cup, grated, or kefalotyri

Saltto taste

Black pepper½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Brown the mince with onion and garlic in olive oil, add tomato, paste, cinnamon and spices and simmer until thick.
2Boil the pasta until just underdone, drain and toss with a little cheese.
3Make a thick béchamel with butter, flour and milk; off the heat beat in the eggs and half the cheese.
4Layer half the pasta, all the meat and the rest of the pasta in a deep tray. Pour over the béchamel and the remaining cheese.
5Bake at 180 C until golden. Rest 30 minutes before cutting.

Serve it like this

Cut into tall squares showing the pasta, meat and béchamel layers, and serve with a green salad.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Pastitsio

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Pastitsio

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