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🍝 Greek Pasta Bake Pastitsio

820 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 large onion
• 1 can tomatoes
• parsley
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 1 kg minced meat (beef or lamb)
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• salt, pepper from the mill
• 120 g Kefalotyri
• 1 egg
• 500 g macaroni
• 50 g butter
• breadcrumbs
• 6 tbsp butter
• 5 tbsp flour
• 750 ml lukewarm milk
• salt, pepper from the mill
• nutmeg
• 3 eggs

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the onion.
2. 2. Take the tomatoes out of the can and chop them finely.
3. 3. Wash the parsley.
4. 4. Pluck the parsley leaves from the stems and chop them finely.
5. 5. Heat the oil in a pot.
6. 6. Grate the onion finely into the hot oil and sauté briefly.
7. 7. Add the minced meat.
8. 8. Fry the meat thoroughly while stirring constantly.
9. 9. Add the chopped tomatoes including their liquid to the meat.
10. 10. Stir the tomatoes into the meat.
11. 11. Stir in the tomato paste.
12. 12. Sprinkle the chopped parsley over it.
13. 13. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
14. 14. Let the sauce simmer covered on low heat for 30 to 35 minutes.
15. 15. Simmer until the sauce has thickened.
16. 16. Remove the pot from the heat.
17. 17. Let the meat sauce cool down.
18. 18. Grate the cheese.
19. 19. Whisk the egg in a small bowl.
20. 20. Mix the whisked egg with about one quarter of the grated cheese.
21. 21. Stir the egg-cheese mixture into the cooled meat sauce.
22. 22. Add the macaroni to boiling salted water.
23. 23. Cook the pasta for 10 minutes until al dente.
24. 24. Drain the pasta.
25. 25. Rinse the pasta with cold water.
26. 26. Let the pasta drain.
27. 27. Stir the butter and the remaining cheese into the drained pasta.
28. 28. Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
29. 29. Melt the butter in a pot.
30. 30. Stir the flour into the butter gradually using a whisk.
31. 31. Lightly sauté the flour mixture.
32. 32. Stir in the milk gradually on low heat.
33. 33. Let the sauce simmer until it is creamy.
34. 34. Remove the sauce from the heat.
35. 35. Season the sauce with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
36. 36. Whisk the eggs.
37. 37. Stir the whisked eggs into the sauce.
38. 38. Grease a baking dish (approx. 30 cm x 40 cm).
39. 39. Coat the dish with breadcrumbs.
40. 40. Spread half of the macaroni evenly into the dish.
41. 41. Spread the minced meat evenly over the pasta.
42. 42. Cover the meat with the remaining macaroni.
43. 43. Spread the béchamel sauce evenly over the surface.
44. 44. Place the dish in the oven.
45. 45. Bake the pasta bake for about 40 minutes.
46. 46. Bake until the surface is golden brown.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 820
• Protein: 38 g · Fett/Fat: 42 g · Carbs: 72 g