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prep time
45 Min
cook time
35 Min
method
Bake
yield
8 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 pound macaroni, cooked (i use elbow but anything sturdy will do
- 28 ounces can tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 - yellow onion, chopped fine
- 2 teaspoons garlic, chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup milk
- 1 -2 tablespoon flour
- 1 pound hamburger, browned
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice, ground
- 1 pinch cinnamon, ground (optional)
How To Make pastitsio
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Step 1Preheat good sized frying pan. Add oil. Brown hamburger with onion and garlic. Onion should be translucent and garlic cooked but not brown. Add allspice and cinnamon. Set aside
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Step 2Drain grease from pan, leaving about 1-2 T fat in pan. Sprinkle in flour and stir like crazy. No lumps.
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Step 3In same pan,whiskin milk, carefully. Bring almost to a boil. You are making a bechamel sauce. Add half the cheese.
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Step 4Grease large (9 x 13) casserole (olive oil OK). Layer 1/2 the macaroni w/sauce. Top with all the meat. Layer in the other half of the macaroni/sauce mix. Top with parmesan.
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Step 5Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 25-30 min until cheese is brown.
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Step 6TIP: This is great to use up leftover spaghetti and sauce. Just make the white sauce separately and mix with spaghetti. If you can find kesh kavali cheese in a Greek store, use that. Finely shaved asiago is nice too.
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