Steps to Prepare Perfect Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake)

Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake).

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pastitsio (greek pasta bake). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it's fast, it tastes delicious. It's appreciated by millions daily. They're nice and they look wonderful. Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake) is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pastitsio (greek pasta bake) using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake):

1. {Get of ground beef or lamb.
2. {Get of onion - diced.
3. {Get of garlic - minced.
4. {Prepare of tomato sauce (approx 1 - 8 oz can).
5. {Prepare of dry red wine - I use shiraz.
6. {Take of petite diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can).
7. {Prepare of parsley.
8. {Prepare of salt.
9. {Take of cinnamon.
10. {Prepare of nutmeg.
11. {Get of pepper.
12. {Get of pasta - macaroni or ziti.
13. {Prepare of eggs - divided.
14. {Take of shredded parmesan cheese - divided.
15. {Make ready of olive oil.
16. {Take of butter (1 stick).
17. {Make ready of ap flour.
18. {Take of milk.

Instructions to make Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake):

1. Preheat oven to 375° and grease/spray a 13x9 baking dish..
2. In a large skillet - brown ground beef and onion. Drain. Add garlic and cook for another 2-3 minutes..
3. Add in tomato sauce, wine, can of undrained diced tomatoes and seasonings. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Taste - adjust seasoning if desired..
4. While meat is simmering - cook pasta. Do not overcook - pasta should be just shy of al dente..
5. Drain pasta. Return pasta to pot and mix in olive oil, 2 beaten eggs and 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese..
6. Now start the bechamel/white sauce. In a large saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Add in flour and whisk until it's a smooth paste. Cook for a minute or two but do not brown..
7. Slowly add in milk and cook for a few minutes, whisking constantly, until sauce thickens..
8. Remove from heat. Season to taste with salt, pepper & a bit of nutmeg. Mix in 2 beaten eggs & remaining 1 cup of parmesan cheese. This will be a very thick sauce - if it's too thick to work with you can add a bit more milk..
9. Assembly time : ) Spread half of the pasta mixture evenly on the bottom of the casserole dish - make sure bottom is completely covered..
10. Evenly spread the entire meat mixture over bottom pasta layer..
11. Top meat with remaining pasta..
12. Pour the bechamel/sauce on top of noodles. With a spoon spread sauce making sure to get edges and corners. Sauce should be nearly to top of casserole dish - you may have a little leftover..
13. Bake for 45 minutes - top will be golden brown. Let rest for 20 minutes before cutting. Enjoy : ).

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