Hello, I am Elise. Today, we’re going to prepare pastitsio recipe. Never miss today’s recipe. This is a very easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. Nowadays, I am going to make it a bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.

Pastitsio Recipe

Pastitsio is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Pastitsio is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pastitsio using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio:

1. Prepare 500 g various grated cheese or kefalotiri cheese
2. Get 1 1/2 packets macaroni No3 (usually long, thick, hollow pasta)
3. Take butter
4. Make ready For the mince layer
5. Take 750 g ground beef
6. Prepare 1 large onion, finely chopped
7. Prepare olive oil
8. Make ready 2 fresh ripe tomatoes, chopped
9. Make ready 500 ml Passata
10. Prepare salt
11. Prepare pepper
12. Prepare ground nutmeg
13. Take 500 ml water
14. Prepare 200 ml
15. Make ready For the bechamel sauce
16. Make ready 7-8 tbsp flour
17. Get 250 g butter or margarine
18. Get 4 eggs
19. Make ready 1 can evaporated milk
20. Take 1 can water (use the now empty milk can)
21. Prepare 300 g grated cheese (this portion is taken from the 500 g grated earlier)
22. Take salt
23. Take pepper
24. Get 1 level tsp ground nutmeg

Instructions to make Pastitsio:

1. Boil the pasta in salted water.
2. Strain the pasta using a colander and rinse with cold water.
3. Melt 2 tbsp butter in the pot and return the pasta into the pot tossing it well to coat it with the melted butter.  Leave it aside to cool.
4. Preparing the mince  Sauté the onion and mince in the heated oil until the mince is browned.
5. Add the fresh tomatoes, passata, salt, pepper, nutmeg, water, and allow to simmer for approximately 40 minutes (or until most of the liquid is reduced). Just before removing the mixture from the heat, add the .  Let the mince mixture to cool.
6. To prepare the bechamel sauce  Melt the margarine in a saucepan over medium heat, and add the flour, whisking constantly till flour is lightly browned.
7. While whisking constantly, pour in slowly the evaporated milk, water, eggs, salt, pepper, nutmeg and finally add the grated cheese.  As soon as the sauce thickens, remove from heat and allow it to cool.
8. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
9. In a well greased ovenproof dish, place 2/3 of the pasta to create a bottom layer.  Level out and sprinkle with some of the remaining 200g grated cheese.
10. Next spread the mince on top of the pasta.
11. Cover the mince with the remaining pasta, and more of the grated cheese.
12. Cover the whole pastitsio with the bechamel sauce, and sprinkle with the remaining cheese, which will add extra flavour as well as a golden colour to the finished dish.
13. Place dish in the pre-heated over and bake for approximately 1 hour.

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