Pastitsio (Baked Macaroni)
Ingredients
- 1 lb macaroni
- 0.3 lb butter
- 0 lb ground turkey or beef
- 0.5 can tomato paste
- 6 oz grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
- 1 each onion, chopped
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp nutmeg
- 4 cup warm milk
- 5 each eggs
- 6 tbsp flour
- 0.8 cup (1 1/2) sticks butter
Instructions
- 1
Cook macaroni (but not well done) in boiling, salted water and drain.
- 2
Sauté onion in a little butter.
- 3
Add ground meat and stir until brown.
- 4
Add tomato paste, thinned with a little water.
- 5
Add salt, pepper, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- 6
Cook until meat is done.
- 7
Melt butter; pour over drained macaroni, mixing carefully.
- 8
Spread half of the macaroni on the bottom of a 13 x 9-inch pan.
- 9
Sprinkle half of the grated cheese on top.
- 10
Spread entire meat mixture on top.
- 11
Cover with remaining macaroni and remaining grated cheese.
- 12
For the Sauce, boil 3 cups of the milk with 1 1/2 sticks butter.
- 13
Add flour to remaining 1 cup milk and blend well.
- 14
Add flour mixture to boiling butter and milk.
- 15
Thicken and cool.
- 16
After this has cooled, add 5 beaten eggs, or drop small amounts of the milk mixture into the eggs while stirring constantly.
- 17
Once the egg mixture gets warm to hot, add the remaining milk.
- 18
Pour sauce over the macaroni.
- 19
Shake the pan and insert a knife to penetrate thoroughly.
- 20
Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes.