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Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake)
Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake) includes olive oil, garlic cloves, red onions. Total time: 135 minutes. Serves 8.
Ingredients
Meat Sauce15
2 tbsp olive oil
3 garlic cloves, finely minced
2 red onions, finely chopped, sub yellow or brown onions
2 lb beef mince, ground beef
¾ cup red wine, Note 1, dry
28 oz canned crushed tomato
2 beef bouillon cubes, crumbled, stock cubes
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp white sugar
1 bay leaf
½ tsp cinnamon powder
1 cinnamon stick, or extra 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
¼ tsp ground cloves
¾ tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
Greek Bechamel7
7 tbsp butter, unsalted
¾ cup flour, plain/all purpose
4 cups milk, whole/full fat best but low fat ok
⅛ tsp nutmeg, preferably freshly grated
½ tsp salt
3 oz Kefalotyri Greek cheese, finely shredded, sub Parmesan or Romano, Note 2
2 egg yolks, egg whites are used in the pasta
Pasta3
14 oz Pastitsio No. 2 pasta / Greek bucatini, sub small ziti, penne or normal bucatini, Note 3
4 oz feta, crumbled
2 egg whites, yolks used in Béchamel
Topping1
3 oz Kefalotyri Greek cheese, finely grated, sub parmesan or Romano, Note 2
