Pastitsio
Pastitsio

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pastitsio. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pastitsio is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Pastitsio is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pastitsio using 20 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio:
  1. Prepare 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  2. Get 2 lb Ground Beef
  3. Prepare 1 cup Dry White Wine
  4. Make ready 14 oz Tomato Puree
  5. Prepare 1 large Yellow Onion
  6. Take 3 tbsp Chopped Fresh Parsey
  7. Take 1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
  8. Get 1 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
  9. Get 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs
  10. Get 1 packages Elbow Macaroni
  11. Make ready 4 Egg Whites
  12. Take 1 Unsalted Butter
  13. Take 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
  14. Make ready 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  15. Make ready Bechamel Sauce
  16. Make ready 1 cup Unsalted Butter
  17. Make ready 1 cup All Purpose Flour
  18. Get 1 quart Milk, warmed
  19. Prepare 8 Yolks, lightly beaten
  20. Make ready 1 pinch Nutmeg
Instructions to make Pastitsio:
  1. Heat olive oil in large saute pan. Add ground beef and cook over medium heat. Add onions and cook until translucent.
  2. Add wine, tomato sauce, parsley, allspice, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Allow to simmer over low heat 10 minutes. While sauce is simmering cook pasta.
  3. Rinse noodles to cool slightly.
  4. Stir breadcrumbs into meat sauce to absorb extra liquid. Remove from heat.
  5. Melt 1/2 cup of butter in pasta pot and return noodles to the pot. Stir in beaten egg whites and 1 cup of Parmesan cheese. Toss lightly, do not break noodles.
  6. Brush pan with olive oil. Layer bottom with half the noodles. and press down firmly. to make flat.
  7. Layer beef evenly over pasta. Layer remaining pasta over beef.
  8. Preheat oven to 350°F and start preparing Bechamel Sauce.
  9. Melt butter in sauce pan over low heat. Using a whisk add flour continuously stirring to make smooth. Allow mixture to cook not brown.
  10. Add warm milk in a steady stream, whisking continuously. Simmer over low heat until thickened but does not boil.
  11. Remove from heat and add in beaten yolks. Add a pinch of nutmeg.
  12. Bechamel Sauce is thicker than gravy but not as thick as pudding. Pour sauce over noodles making sure to pour down into the corners. Layer with Parmesan cheese.
  13. Bake 45 minutes or until golden.

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