Pastitsio with Ready-Made Béchamel 🤤

Name: Pastitsio with Ready-Made Béchamel 🤤
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3/4 lbs ground meat of your choice (800 grams); Ready-made béchamel sauce (1 box); 2 onions, finely chopped; Olive oil; Salt; Black pepper; Oregano; 2 vegetable bouillon cubes; 1 can tomato puree (such as Pumaro Classic, about 14 oz/400 grams); 1 package pastitsio pasta (or ziti, about 1 lb/450 grams); Grated cheese of your choice; 1 tomato; 1 pinch sugar; 1 cup milk (240 ml)

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I’ve loved this since I was little and always asked my mom to make it for me! 🥰

Χριστίνα Μαρία 👩🏻‍🍳 @karyampa

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I’ve loved this since I was little and always asked my mom to make it for me! 🥰

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Ingredients

1 3/4 lbsground meat of your choice (800 grams)
Ready-made béchamel sauce (1 box)
2onions, finely chopped
Olive oil
Salt
Black pepper
Oregano
2vegetable bouillon cubes
1 cantomato puree (such as Pumaro Classic, about 14 oz/400 grams)
1 packagepastitsio pasta (or ziti, about 1 lb/450 grams)
Grated cheese of your choice
1tomato
1 pinchsugar
1 cupmilk (240 ml)

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Steps

1

In a saucepan, add olive oil, water, bouillon cubes, salt, pepper, and oregano. Add the onions and sauté until softened.
2

Before the onions brown, add the ground meat. Add the peeled and grated tomato and a pinch of sugar.
3

Sauté the meat, stirring regularly until it changes color, then add the tomato puree. Add water as needed and let it simmer, stirring often, until the sauce thickens.
4

In another pot, cook the pasta with a little salt according to the package instructions. Once cooked, drain in a colander.
5

When both the pasta and meat sauce are ready, lightly oil a baking dish. Add the pasta and mix with grated cheese of your choice.
6

Spread the meat sauce evenly over the pasta and gently press it down with a spoon to cover the surface.
7

In a bowl, combine 1 cup milk with the ready-made béchamel sauce (follow the instructions on the package).
8

Pour the béchamel over the meat layer in the baking dish and sprinkle more grated cheese on top. Bake at 350°F (180°C) with fan for about 1 hour, or until golden, depending on your oven! Enjoy 🫠😋🍽️