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Saute the ground round along with the onion.

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For the traditional pastitsio / Pasticcio recipe, layers of pasta, juicy minced beef and velvety béchamel sauce are baked together to create the ultimate Greek comfort food!

You can cook Pastitso using 19 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pastitso

1. Prepare 1 of large onion, grated.

2. Prepare 1/4 lb. of Butter.

3. It’s 2 lbs of ground beef.

4. Prepare 1 tbsp of kosher salt.

5. It’s 1/4 tsp of black pepper.

6. It’s 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.

7. It’s 4 tbsp of tomato paste.

8. It’s 1/2 cup of water.

9. You need 1 of egg.

10. You need of Macaroni.

11. Prepare 1 lb of elbow macaroni.

12. You need 3 of eggs, beaten.

13. You need 1 3/4 cups of Romano cheese, grated.

14. It’s of White Sauce.

15. It’s 1/4 lb of butter.

16. It’s 1/2 cup of flour.

17. Prepare 3 cups of milk.

18. It’s 5 of egg yolks.

19. It’s 1/4 cup of Romano cheese, grated.

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Spoon half of the prepared ziti evenly in the bottom and top with meat sauce.

Pastitso step by step

1. Brown onion in the butter then add the meat. Keep stirring until the meat is browned..

2. Add salt, pepper, cinnamon, tomato paste and water. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until the water is absorbed..

3. Remove from the heat and allow this to cool..

4. Beat 1 egg very well and add it to the meat mixture..

5. Macaroni-.

6. Cook the macaroni as per the package directions. Then rinse under hot water, drain and put into a large bowl..

7. Toss the macaroni with the 3 beaten eggs and the 1 3/4 cup grated Romano cheese..

8. White Sauce -.

9. Melt the butter and add the flour, mix well. This should be done on med-low heat, so you dont burn the butter..

10. Gradually add the cold milk, stirring well. Cook this until its thick, stirring often. Be patient, it needs to thicken up! Remove from heat..

11. After about 5 minutes, while sauce is cooling, beat the 5 egg yolks very well and blend into the sauce. Add the cheese and mix..

12. Butter a 10"x 14" pan. Put 1/2 of macaroni mix in pan. put meat mixture over the macaroni, spreading evenly. Put the rest of the macaroni mixture on top, also spreading evenly..

13. Put white sauce all over the top..

14. Bake at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes or until golden brown (you might need to tent it with alum. foil towards the end of cooking)..

Pastitsio - layers of pasta and minced meat in tomato sauce, covered in bechamel, baked to crispy perfection.

Pastitso is a classic Greek dish and everyone has slight differences in how they make it.

I love how you layered the pasta and meat and kept them separated.

Pastitsio is to Greeks what lasagne are to the Italians and what mac and cheese is to In Greece, pastitsio is often enjoyed in February, during the weeks that precede Lent, and.

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