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Pastitsio
- Ingredients
- 8 oz.can of tomato sauce
- 2 lb. ground beef, 1-1/2 stick butter
- 1 onion, 1 clove of garlic,
- 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 Tbsp. parsley
- 1/2 cup of white wine
- 3 eggs, grated cheese
- Salt to taste, pinch of pepper
- 1 lb. macaroni, 4 cups of Bechamel sauce
- Directions
- Make 4 cups of Bechamel sauce.
- Chop onions and mince garlic.
- Melt 1/2 stick of butter in sauce pan and saute ground beef, onions, garlic and parsley until meat is browned.
- Add cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, pepper, wine and tomato sauce. Mix well.
- Simmer for 30 minutes and remove from heat.
- Boil macaroni in salted water according to directions.
- While macaroni is boiling, melt 1/4 lb. of butter and beat eggs.
- When macaroni is cooked, rinse and drain.
- Place macaroni in bowl and add melted butter, beaten eggs and a generous sprinkling of grated cheese. Mix well.
- Spread half of macaroni at the bottom of a greased 9"x13"x2" baking pan.
- Cover evenly with meat sauce.
- Sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Cover with Bechamel sauce.
- Sprinkle lavishly with grated cheese.
- Dot with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.
- Cool and cut into 3" squares.