Pastichio

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 1/4 cup butter (1 stick)
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 3 ounces tomato paste
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 lb elbow macaroni
• 1 cup romano cheese, grated
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 quarts milk
• 7 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup romano cheese
• 1/4 cup butter
• 6 eggs, well beaten

Recipe

• 1 in skillet, saute onion in butter.
• 2 add ground beef and brown.
• 3 add tomato sauce, tomato paste and seasonings and simmer for 1 hour.
• 4 while meat is simmering, cook macaroni noodles for 10 minutes; drain.
• 5 add 1 cup grated cheese and mix well.
• 6 for cream sauce:.
• 7 dissolve flour in 1 cup cold milk.
• 8 heat remaining milk with butter and add flour-milk mixture.
• 9 cook until thick, stirring constantly.
• 10 remove from heat, add well beaten eggs gradually, stirring well.
• 11 return to heat and cook for 3 minutes longer; add grated cheese.
• 12 remove from heat.
• 13 in a large bowl take 1/4 of the cream mixture and mix with macaroni.
• 14 add meat sauce and mix all together. (mixture will be juicy).
• 15 pour into a 10 x 15 inch buttered pan.
• 16 top with remaining cream sauce.
• 17 bake @ 350 for 1 hour, or until nicely browned.
• 18 cut into squares.