Pastitsio 🧅🍅🧄

Name: Pastitsio 🧅🍅🧄
Total time: 18000 s
Yield: Serves 4 - 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 9 oz ground beef (250 grams); 1 onion; 1 can tomato sauce; 1 little olive oil; Salt, pepper, oregano, cinnamon, garlic powder, allspice, 1 bay leaf (optional); 1 package No. 2 pasta (bucatini or thick spaghetti); 12 tablespoons all-purpose flour (about 90 grams); 4 1/4 cups milk (1 liter); 1/2 stick unsalted butter (about 2 oz or 60 grams); 2 large eggs; 2 whole cloves (optional); 1 little feta or kasseri cheese; For topping: a little breadcrumbs or semolina, cinnamon, pepper, kasseri cheese, beaten egg yolk or melted butter

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Pastitsio 🧅🍅🧄

Κατερίνα Αντωνίου @cook_111415581

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Ingredients

1.5 hours

Serves 4 - 6 servings

9 ozground beef (250 grams)
1onion
1 cantomato sauce
1little olive oil
Salt, pepper, oregano, cinnamon, garlic powder, allspice, 1 bay leaf (optional)
1 packageNo. 2 pasta (bucatini or thick spaghetti)
12 tablespoonsall-purpose flour (about 90 grams)
4 1/4 cupsmilk (1 liter)
1/2 stickunsalted butter (about 2 oz or 60 grams)
2large eggs
2whole cloves (optional)
1little feta or kasseri cheese
For topping: a little breadcrumbs or semolina, cinnamon, pepper, kasseri cheese, beaten egg yolk or melted butter

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Steps

1.5 hours

1

Sauté the onion in a little olive oil, then add the ground beef. Cook until the beef changes color and breaks up. Add the tomato sauce, a little water, salt, pepper, and spices. Let it simmer on the stove until cooked through.
2

In another pot, cook the pasta according to the package instructions.
3

Once the pasta is cooked, drain it and start making the béchamel sauce.
4

Melt the butter in a saucepan, then add the milk, salt, pepper, a little cinnamon, and 2 cloves (optional). Once heated, gradually add the flour through a sifter to avoid lumps, stirring constantly. When the sauce thickens, remove from heat and assemble the pastitsio in a baking dish.
5

Layer half the pasta, then the meat sauce, then the rest of the pasta. Sprinkle with crumbled feta, and pour the béchamel sauce over the top.
6

Sprinkle with a little breadcrumbs or semolina, cinnamon, pepper, kasseri cheese, beaten egg yolk, or melted butter.
7

Bake for 30 minutes at 350°F (180°C).