How to Make Award-winning Pastitsio

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pastitsio. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pastitsio is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Pastitsio is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pastitsio using 20 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio:

1. Make ready 1/2 cup Olive Oil
2. Make ready 2 lb Ground Beef
3. Take 1 cup Dry White Wine
4. Get 14 oz Tomato Puree
5. Prepare 1 large Yellow Onion
6. Make ready 3 tbsp Chopped Fresh Parsey
7. Take 1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
8. Take 1 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
9. Prepare 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs
10. Make ready 1 packages Elbow Macaroni
11. Make ready 4 Egg Whites
12. Get 1 Unsalted Butter
13. Make ready 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
14. Take 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
15. Prepare Bechamel Sauce
16. Get 1 cup Unsalted Butter
17. Take 1 cup All Purpose Flour
18. Make ready 1 quart Milk, warmed
19. Prepare 8 Yolks, lightly beaten
20. Make ready 1 pinch Nutmeg

Instructions to make Pastitsio:

1. Heat olive oil in large saute pan. Add ground beef and cook over medium heat. Add onions and cook until translucent.
2. Add wine, tomato sauce, parsley, allspice, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Allow to simmer over low heat 10 minutes. While sauce is simmering cook pasta.
3. Rinse noodles to cool slightly.
4. Stir breadcrumbs into meat sauce to absorb extra liquid. Remove from heat.
5. Melt 1/2 cup of butter in pasta pot and return noodles to the pot. Stir in beaten egg whites and 1 cup of Parmesan cheese. Toss lightly, do not break noodles.
6. Brush pan with olive oil. Layer bottom with half the noodles. and press down firmly. to make flat.
7. Layer beef evenly over pasta. Layer remaining pasta over beef.
8. Preheat oven to 350°F and start preparing Bechamel Sauce.
9. Melt butter in sauce pan over low heat. Using a whisk add flour continuously stirring to make smooth. Allow mixture to cook not brown.
10. Add warm milk in a steady stream, whisking continuously. Simmer over low heat until thickened but does not boil.
11. Remove from heat and add in beaten yolks. Add a pinch of nutmeg.
12. Bechamel Sauce is thicker than gravy but not as thick as pudding. Pour sauce over noodles making sure to pour down into the corners. Layer with Parmesan cheese.
13. Bake 45 minutes or until golden.

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