Recipe

Great Pastitsio Recipe

	Crabhappychick / All my dishes 1 year, 2 months ago This is my favorite pastitsio ever - the gold standard I measure all others against. I've still never had a better one. Prep:60m Cook:45m Servings:12	Crabhappych
	rich creamy cheesy beefy spiced greek classic casserole

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mjcmcook

jimrug1

elgab89

wynnebaer

greekgirrr

Ingredients

6 tablespoons butter

1/4 cup flour (or cornstarch to make this gf)

3 cups half and half

1 cup chicken broth

1 wedge parmesan cheese, freshly grated

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 cup onion, chopped

1/2 teaspoon allspice

2 tablespoons butter

2 pounds ground chuck

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 can tomato paste (little one)

2 cups white wine

1 pound elbow macaroni (or gluten-free macaroni to make this gf)

3 eggs

3/4 cup Parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons butter

Directions

Cream sauce: Melt butter and stir in flour (or cornstarch). Cook for 1 minute. Lower heat. Gradually stir in half and half and broth. Cook, stirring constantly until thickened. Stir in parmesan, salt and pepper until cheese is melted. Keep warm.

Meat layer: Saute onion in butter until tender. Add meat, cooking until brown. Drain well. Return meat to skillet, add cinnamon, nutmet, salt and pepper, tomato paste and white wine and cook for 15 minutes.

Pasta layer: Cook pasta according to directions and drain. Beat eggs, 1/2 of the 3/4 cup of parmesan and butter in small bowl. Blend into cooked pasta, stirring well.

Assembly: Spoon half of the pasta into a deep, buttered 9 x 13 pan. Pour 1 cup cream sauce over an evenly over pasta. Spoon all the meat on top evenly. Add another cup of cream sauce and top with remaining pasta, remaining cream sauce and top with the remaining parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 35 minutes or until browned and bubbly. Cool 15 minutes and cut into serving pieces.

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Comments

greekgirrrl 1 year, 2 months ago said:
This is a very good pastisio recipe, but to make it even more authentic you might want to use the pastitsio noodles made by MISKO. They are 12 inch long hollow tubes that are strictly for making this wonderful dish!

jimrug1 1 year, 2 months ago said:
This is one of my favorite Greek dishes. I like this recipe a lot. Can't wait to try it.. Thanks Crabby..... jim

elgab89 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Yummy! Delish!

mjcmcook 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Hello ~ (^_^) ~
ATTENTION EVERYONE ! This recipe is a
"5"FORK!!!!! Winner!
Thank-you so much for sharing this Delicious dish~
All Blessings ~*~ mj ~*~

wynnebaer 1 year, 2 months ago said:
I gotta say that this is being printed up right now to make very soon...Thanks...:)

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