Greek Pastitsio Recipe

Greek Pastitsio:

Ingredients:

2 - 1/2 cups uncooked penne pasta
1 tbsp melted butter
1 cup grated cheese of your choice
(i prefer parmesan cheese)
1 kg minced beef
1 big onion, chopped
1 garlic glove and a little powdered garlic
1 cup of tomato sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese, divide

Bechamel Sauce:

1/2 cup melted butter
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp nutmeg
4 cups milk of your choice
2 large eggs

Directions:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, drain, and toss with butter.
• Preheat the oven at 180⁰C.
• In a large skilled, cook beef and onion over medium heat 8-10 minutes or until beef is no longer pink, we have to break beef into crumbles, add the garlic.  Stir in tomato sauce, salt, pepper, cinnamon and sugar.
• In a Large Saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour. salt, pepper, nutmeg until smooth, gradually add milk. Bring to a boil, cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
• In a medium baking pan we put a little of Bechamel sauce then we put pasta, sprinkle with the shredded parmesan, over the parmesan we put the beef mixture and then we put the Bechamel Sauce. Over the Bechamel if we want we sprinkle with a little of Parmesan cheese.
• Bake uncovered, 30-40 minutes.