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Pastitsio (Παστίτσιο)
Ingredients
  • subheading: Meat sauce:
  • ½ medium onion, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil (30 ml)
  • 650 grams ground meat (mixture of veal and pork) approximately 3 cups or 1 ½ pounds
  • 3 ½ cups homemade tomato sauce, or store bought tomato sauce ( 875 ml)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • ½ teaspoon heaping cinnamon
  • ¼ cup boiling water ( 60 ml)
  • subheading: Pasta:
  • 500 grams Greek pasta, we use Misko Pastitsio No.2 ( about 1 ¼ lbs)
  • ½ tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • subheading: Bechamel:
  • ¼ cup Greek olive oil (60 ml)
  • ¼ cup plus 1 ½ teaspoons all-purpose flour (42 grams)
  • 1 liter milk
  • 4 eggs beaten
  • subheading: Assembly:
  • 1 ½ tablespoons Greek olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ cup 3 tablespoons Greek mizithra cheese ( 45 grams)
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  • 1 teaspoon Greek mizithra cheese to sprinkle on top of bechamel
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