Pastitsio (pastizzio) Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 7 1/2 cups milk
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 8 tablespoons flour
• 1 medium onion
• 1 lb ground beef (can substitute cooked ham)
• 1 cup dry macaroni noodles (can substitute cooked cubed potatoes)
• 4 cups parmesan cheese (shredded)
• 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded)
• 1/2 cup sliced black olives
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 brown hamburger in skillet, drain.
• 2 cook macaroni until almost done, drain.
• 3 set aside hamburger and macaroni.
• 4 scald milk in medium large pot. remove from heat.
• 5 while milk is scalding, melt butter in a skillet, add flour, cook until light brown. remove from heat.
• 6 gradually pour scalded milk into flour mixture, whisking as you pour.
• 7 once you get about half the milk in the flour mixture start to pour the flour/milk mixture in to the milk left in the pot. whisk as you pour to prevent lumps.
• 8 turn heat on medium low, add the remaining ingredients, salt and pepper to taste. simmer the soup for 1 hr to thicken and finish cooking the pasta.