Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pastitsio (greek pasta bake). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Pastitsio (greek pasta bake) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Pastitsio (greek pasta bake) is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pastitsio (greek pasta bake) using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio (greek pasta bake):
- Take (gluten free) pasta e.g. fusilli
- Take sea salt
- Get extra virgin olive oil
- Take (semi-skimmed) milk
- Prepare margarine
- Take corn flour
- Prepare grated nutmeg
- Get minced veal or extra lean beef
- Take tomato passata
- Prepare onion, finely squared
- Make ready garlic, finely grated
- Get grated cinammon
- Get allspice
- Take freshly ground black pepper
- Prepare red dry wine or 1/4 cup cognac
- Make ready grated goat's cheese (e.g. feta)
It's ideal for a delicious Sunday dinner You may also know it as Greek pasta bake, and you know that this is the food to serve whenever you want your loved ones to sit around the table and. Pastitsio is Greek comfort food, pasta layered with meat, cheese and béchamel sauce. Come to think of it, I think the whole family likes it. Since it's Pasta Week at The Kitchn, I thought I'd share one of my favorite carb-loaded recipes.
Steps to make Pastitsio (greek pasta bake):
- Boil the pasta in salted water and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil , until al dente. Then drain. You shouldn't need to rinse with cold water, because you added oil during boiling.
- Boil the milk in a pan and then reduce the heat. Add the margarine and cornflour ehile continuously stiring to avoid burning at the bottom of the pan. I used a hand mixer at a slow speed. When the sause is slightly thick , you add the nutmeg and set aside.
- In another pan, you saute the minced meat. When brown and all juices are reduced, you add the finely chopped onion and grated garlic until transparent and flavour the minced meat. Then you pour either the wine or cognac. If kids are sharing this dish, then you can skip the alcohol. Then in go the passata and spices. You reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until you get a thick sauce with some juice left.
- In a baking tray, you place half of the pasta with some grated cheese and a scoop of the white sauce whle mixing everything evenly. Then you pour on top of the pasta mix, all the minced meat sauce with a scoop of the white sauce. Finally, you place the remaining pasta with some grated cheese ontop of the previous layers. At the end, you pour the remaining white sauce and grated cheese on top of the final pasta layer. You bake for 20- 30 minutes in a pre- heated oven (at 180oC) or until the top layer becomes golden (I know mine looks more brown :-) ).
It was my oldest sister that first introduced me to Pastitsio, although we just thought it was a "baked lamb casserole" at the time. It wasn't until I researched the recipe further that I learned its real Greek origins. A simple authentic recipe for Pastitsio- a baked Greek pasta dish with a rich flavorful lamb (or beef) bolognese infused with Greek spices and flavors. A friend introduced Pastitsio to me a couple of years ago and I was instantly smitten. Deep, rich and hearty, this baked pasta dish.
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