Greek Pastitsio

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 750 g pasta, size 2
• 750 g minced meat
• 100 ml olive oil
• 1 cup beef stock
• 2 large onions, finely chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 fresh tomatoes, diced or 500 g tomato puree
• 4 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 handful mixed herbs
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• pepper
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1200 ml milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup mizithra cheese
• 1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 meat sauce
• 2 saute onions in oil and add minced meat
• 3 add the rest of the ingredients and simmer on low for 45 minute.
• 4 remove cinnamon sticks.
• 5 bechamel sauce.
• 6 heat oil, add flour, stir and cook for 2 minutes.
• 7 add milk very gradually stirring all the time.
• 8 remove from heat.
• 9 cool a little and add eggs.
• 10 then add mitzithra and nutmeg.
• 11 place ½ the macaroni into a dish and salt a little.
• 12 add minced meat and then the rest of macaroni.
• 13 pour bechamel sauce on top.
• 14 sprinkle with mitzithra.
• 15 bake at 180c for 45 minuits.