Macaroni In A Bechamel Sauce
From lor 17 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 4
My family, friends and I thoroughly enjoy this wonderful pasta recipe. It is one of my very favourites and is extremely popular in Egypt.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. elbow macaroni, ziti, or rigatoni shopping list
- 2 26 oz. jars traditional pasta sauce shopping list
- 1 lb. lean ground beef, chicken or turkey shopping list
- 1 onion, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves, minced shopping list
- 3 cups bechamel shopping list
- 10 - 12 ounces of cheddar, Tex Mex, or a blend of Parmesan, Romano and Mazzarella cheeses shopping list
- BECHAMEL SAUCE: shopping list
- 3 tablespoons butter shopping list
- 4 heaping tablespoons flour shopping list
- 3 cups cold milk shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste shopping list
- 1 egg (optional) shopping list
- METHOD: shopping list
- Melt butter over a low flame. shopping list
- Add the flour and blend until it becomes a golden color. shopping list
- Remove from flame and add the milk very gradually and blending thoroughly. shopping list
- Return to flame and add salt and pepper to taste stir constantly to prevent the mixture from becoming lumpy until it reaches the desired thickness. shopping list
- Beat an egg and add it to sauce (optional). shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Start by bringing water to a boil for pasta.
- While waiting for the water to boil, saute ground beef, onion and garlic in a large frying pan.
- When you place pasta in boiling water, reduce heat to medium high.
- Begin preparing bechamel with cheese.
- Once beef has completed browning, drain, and add pasta sauce.
- Simmer on low.
- Drain pasta, cover, and set aside.
- Cover bechamel and leave on low heat, stirring occasionally.
- Pour meat sauce in a 9 x 12 dish.
- Cover with bechamel sauce.
- Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
- I have altered the original recipe from Saad Fayed
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Making this for the week-end. It sounds sinful! Will have to keep Hubby on salads till then!
linebb956
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I always ate only the top of the pastisio when my mom made it as a young girl. thanks for making this big girl's food dream come true! lol
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I love this! Fantastic recipe!
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