Easiest Way to Make Favorite Pastitsio (greek pasta bake)

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pastitsio (greek pasta bake). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Pastitsio (greek pasta bake) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Pastitsio (greek pasta bake) is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Classic Greek Pastitsio: Pasta Tray Bake Lasagna. Sharing a traditional recipe for Pastitsio (Greek Lasagna) - an authentic Greek recipe Pastitsio is a favorite traditional Greek dinner recipe. It's a Greek version of lasagna- characterized by a white You certainly don't have to make it this way, just know that the pasta dish will be more "loose" and will not. Greek Pastitsio - baked pasta dish by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pastitsio (greek pasta bake) using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio (greek pasta bake):

1. Make ready (gluten free) pasta e.g. fusilli
2. Prepare sea salt
3. Get extra virgin olive oil
4. Make ready (semi-skimmed) milk
5. Get margarine
6. Get corn flour
7. Take grated nutmeg
8. Make ready minced veal or extra lean beef
9. Prepare tomato passata
10. Prepare onion, finely squared
11. Make ready garlic, finely grated
12. Prepare grated cinammon
13. Take allspice
14. Make ready freshly ground black pepper
15. Take red dry wine or 1/4 cup cognac
16. Get grated goat's cheese (e.g. feta)

Since it's Pasta Week at The Kitchn, I thought I'd share one of my favorite carb-loaded recipes. It was my oldest sister that first introduced me to Pastitsio, although we just thought it was a "baked lamb casserole" at the time. It wasn't until I researched the recipe further that I learned its real Greek origins. The Best Greek Pastitsio recipe (Pastichio)!

Instructions to make Pastitsio (greek pasta bake):

1. Boil the pasta in salted water and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil , until al dente. Then drain. You shouldn't need to rinse with cold water, because you added oil during boiling.
2. Boil the milk in a pan and then reduce the heat. Add the margarine and cornflour ehile continuously stiring to avoid burning at the bottom of the pan. I used a hand mixer at a slow speed. When the sause is slightly thick , you add the nutmeg and set aside.
3. In another pan, you saute the minced meat. When brown and all juices are reduced, you add the finely chopped onion and grated garlic until transparent and flavour the minced meat. Then you pour either the wine or cognac. If kids are sharing this dish, then you can skip the alcohol. Then in go the passata and spices. You reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until you get a thick sauce with some juice left.
4. In a baking tray, you place half of the pasta with some grated cheese and a scoop of the white sauce whle mixing everything evenly. Then you pour on top of the pasta mix, all the minced meat sauce with a scoop of the white sauce. Finally, you place the remaining pasta with some grated cheese ontop of the previous layers. At the end, you pour the remaining white sauce and grated cheese on top of the final pasta layer. You bake for 20- 30 minutes in a pre- heated oven (at 180oC) or until the top layer becomes golden (I know mine looks more brown :-) ).

It wasn't until I researched the recipe further that I learned its real Greek origins. The Best Greek Pastitsio recipe (Pastichio)! An authentic Greek Lasagna recipe to recreate this traditional delight just like my grandma used to make it. For the traditional pastitsio / Pasticcio recipe, layers of pasta, juicy minced beef and velvety béchamel sauce are baked together to create the. Pastichio, is a Greek and Mediterranean baked pasta dish including ground beef and béchamel sauce.

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