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pastitsio

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Barbarica avatar
Recipe by
Barbara Jones
@Barbarica
Hillsborough, NJ

Another easy layered dish but be prepared to wash a lot of pans.

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yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 45 Min
cook time 35 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For pastitsio

  • 1 lb
    macaroni, cooked (i use elbow but anything sturdy will do
  • 28 oz
    can tomato sauce
  • 2 Tbsp
    tomato paste
  • 1
    yellow onion, chopped fine
  • 2 tsp
    garlic, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp
    olive oil
  • 1 c
    milk
  • 1 -2 Tbsp
    flour
  • 1 lb
    hamburger, browned
  • 1/2 c
    parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 tsp
    allspice, ground
  • 1 pinch
    cinnamon, ground (optional)

How To Make pastitsio

  • 1
    Preheat good sized frying pan. Add oil. Brown hamburger with onion and garlic. Onion should be translucent and garlic cooked but not brown. Add allspice and cinnamon. Set aside
  • 2
    Drain grease from pan, leaving about 1-2 T fat in pan. Sprinkle in flour and stir like crazy. No lumps.
  • 3
    In same pan,whiskin milk, carefully. Bring almost to a boil. You are making a bechamel sauce. Add half the cheese.
  • 4
    Grease large (9 x 13) casserole (olive oil OK). Layer 1/2 the macaroni w/sauce. Top with all the meat. Layer in the other half of the macaroni/sauce mix. Top with parmesan.
  • 5
    Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 25-30 min until cheese is brown.
  • 6
    TIP: This is great to use up leftover spaghetti and sauce. Just make the white sauce separately and mix with spaghetti.
    If you can find kesh kavali cheese in a Greek store, use that. Finely shaved asiago is nice too.
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