Rick Stein Pastitsio

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Hannah Richardson

500g tubular pasta, such as rigatoni, penne or tortiglioni

2 eggs, lightly beaten

50g Greek kefalotiri cheese or Parmesan cheese, finely grated

2 tbsp melted butter

10g fresh white breadcrumbs

subheading: For the white sauce:

115g butter

115g plain flour

1.2 ltr whole milk, plus a little extra

½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg

subheading: For the meat sauce:

4 tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion, finely chopped

4 garlic cloves, finely chopped

2 celery sticks, finely chopped

1kg lean beef mince

200ml red wine

400g tin chopped tomatoes

2 tbsp tomato paste

10cm cinnamon stick

¼ tsp ground cloves

1 tbsp dried oregano, Greek if possible

2 tbsp fresh chopped oregano

3 fresh bay leaves

salt and black pepper

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