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Pastitsio

Name: Pastitsio
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients: 500 g pastitsio pasta or pasta; 700 g mince; 1 onion; 1 tin tinned tomato / passata or tomato paste; 1 litre milk; 100 g butter; 100 g flour; 3 eggs; 150 g hard cheese (kefalotyri/parmesan); 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 100 ml red wine

⏱ 120 minHard🇬🇷 Greece8 servings

Ingredients

pastitsio pasta or pasta500 g
mince700 g
onion1
tinned tomato / passata or tomato paste1 tin
milk1 litre
butter100 g
flour100 g
eggs3

Optional

hard cheese (kefalotyri/parmesan)150 g
cinnamon1 tsp
nutmeg1/4 tsp
red wine100 ml

Assumed: salt, pepper, oil, water.

Method

Make a mince sauce (onion, mince, tomato, cinnamon) and simmer 30 min.
Boil the pasta and mix with egg and a little cheese.
Béchamel: melt butter, add flour, then milk little by little, stirring until thick. Add nutmeg and 1 yolk.
Layer pasta, mince, pasta, béchamel. Bake at 180°C for 45–50 min.
Let it cool 30 min before cutting.

Tip: Béchamel wants warm milk and constant stirring — no lumps.

Nutrition per serving (estimate)

830kcal

31 gprotein

49 gfat

66 gcarbs

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