Baked Pastitsio

[Leonie]

you still a talk to me?

Today mi go mi cafe and couldnt find nothing mi like to eat, mi end up buying BAKED PASTITSIO. It taste good yu know how fi mek it? - no bodda seh why mi neva ask the cook it was self serve. It was like macaroni and cheese (but it must have been swiss ) made from scratch with peppers and tuna.

[grandma2]

Re: Baked Pastitsio

Leonie a how mi coulda stop talk to yu wen yu is mi best custamas DWL. now yu see deh recipe ya,mi mek it wid diffren meats but neva tuna,mi neva even try dat so mi at a loss. mi will give yu mi recipe den later mi search fi yu seen

Baked Pastitsio

1 pound elbow maccarone or penne
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 dash ground nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste
3 eggs, lightly beaten

2 tablespoons butter
1 large onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 1/2 pounds ground beef (i preffer lamb)
1/4 cup tomato paste
1/2 cup dry red wine
1/2 cup vegetable broth
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
salt and pepper to taste

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 egg, lightly beaten
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and return to pan.
Melt butter until golden brown and pour over pasta, add 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese, nutmeg, salt, pepper and toss well allow to cool. Add eggs and toss again set aside.

To make meat sauce: Gently fry onion and garlic in butter in a skillet until onion is soft. Increase heat and add ground beef; stir well. Cook until meat begins to brown. Add tomato paste, wine, broth, parsley, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.

To make cream sauce: Melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour and cook gently for 2 minutes. Pour in milk all at once and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil gently for 1 minute. Add nutmeg, salt, pepper and cool slightly before stirring in beaten egg. Transfer 1/2 cup of this sauce to the meat sauce.

Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Spoon half of the prepared bucatini evenly in the bottom and top with meat sauce. Top that with remaining pasta. Pour on cream sauce and spread to completely cover pasta. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.

Bake in a preheated oven for 50 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting into squares to serve.

its a little long but really good. what i do sometimes is when assembling I mixed all of the pasta with the meat sauce and poured into the pan, then topped with the cream sauce. I sprinkled the top with fresh ground nutmeg. enjoy

[Leonie]

Re: Baked Pastitsio

God bless you mi a go try it