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Pastitsio

Delicious and creamy Greek casserole filled with pasta and beef.

Ingredients
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 2 teaspoons dried parsley
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1- 8 ounce can tomato sauce
  • ¼ cup water
  • 8 ounces elbow macaroni, cooked al dente
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Cream Sauce
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 6 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3 cups warm milk
  • 4 eggs
Instructions
  1. Saute the onion and beef until the beef is cooked. Add the salt, pepper, oregano, parsley, cinnamon, sugar, tomato sauce and water. Simmer about 30 minutes or until the liquid has been absorbed. Remove from the heat and set aside.
  2. Make the cream sauce: Melt the butter in the microwave and then whisk in the flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Gradually add the milk, whisking well. Microwave in 2 minute intervals until the mixture has thickened, making sure it doesn’t boil over in the microwave. Break the eggs into a separate bowl and add some of the hot cream sauce to temper them. Add the egg mixture to the cream sauce and stir well until the addition of the eggs causes the sauce to thicken more.

  3. Butter a 9 inch by 13 inch pan. 

  4. Layer in the following order: half of the pasta, ½ cup Parmesan cheese, entire meat mixture, ½ of the cream sauce, remaining pasta, remaining Parmesan cheese and the remaining cream sauce.

  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until the top is golden brown.