Pastichio

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb ziti pasta
• 1 lb chop meat
• 2 tablespoons grated cheese
• 1 lb tomato sauce
• 1/2 lb butter
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 quart milk
• 4 large eggs
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cinnamon stick
• salt
• onion powder, to taste

Recipe

• 1 pasta.
• 2 boil ziti according to directions on the box.
• 3 drain.
• 4 meat sauce.
• 5 saute chop meat with onion powder breifly.
• 6 drain all the fat.
• 7 add 1/2 stick (2 oz.) of butter and continue to saute.
• 8 add salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon stick.
• 9 cook on low for 5 minutes.
• 10 remove cinammon stick.
• 11 mix in with tomato sauce.
• 12 sauce.
• 13 melt 1 1/2 sticks (6 oz.) of butter with 1 teaspoons salt.
• 14 add the flour.
• 15 whip.
• 16 add the eggs and milk.
• 17 slowly whisk until thickened.
• 18 place 1/2 the ziti on teh bottom of a 9x11 pan.
• 19 add 1 tablespoons grated cheese on top of ziti.
• 20 put the all meat sauce on top of the ziti.
• 21 place remaining ziti on top of the meat sauce.
• 22 add 1 tablespoons grated cheese again.
• 23 then pour the sauce on top, as last layer- cover all the pasta.
• 24 cover with alumminum foil.