Pastitsio (greek pasta bake)
Pastitsio (greek pasta bake)

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pastitsio (greek pasta bake). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Classic Greek Pastitsio: Pasta Tray Bake Lasagna. I'm Despina and I show you how to make Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake). Greek pastitsio (Pastichio) - a layer of pasta with cheese, layer of delicious meat mixture with tomato sauce and covered with third layer of rich béchamel. Sharing a traditional recipe for Pastitsio (Greek Lasagna) - an authentic Greek recipe Pastitsio is a favorite traditional Greek dinner recipe.

Pastitsio (greek pasta bake) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Pastitsio (greek pasta bake) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pastitsio (greek pasta bake) using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio (greek pasta bake):
  1. Take (gluten free) pasta e.g. fusilli
  2. Take sea salt
  3. Get extra virgin olive oil
  4. Get (semi-skimmed) milk
  5. Take margarine
  6. Take corn flour
  7. Prepare grated nutmeg
  8. Get minced veal or extra lean beef
  9. Make ready tomato passata
  10. Take onion, finely squared
  11. Take garlic, finely grated
  12. Take grated cinammon
  13. Get allspice
  14. Make ready freshly ground black pepper
  15. Get red dry wine or 1/4 cup cognac
  16. Take grated goat's cheese (e.g. feta)

Since it's Pasta Week at The Kitchn, I thought I'd share one of my favorite carb-loaded recipes. It was my oldest sister that first introduced me to Pastitsio, although we just thought it was a "baked lamb casserole" at the time. It wasn't until I researched the recipe further that I learned its real Greek origins. The Pastitsio (or Pastichio) is a famous Greek pasta bake with a spiced meat sauce and a silky béchamel.

Instructions to make Pastitsio (greek pasta bake):
  1. Boil the pasta in salted water and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil , until al dente. Then drain. You shouldn't need to rinse with cold water, because you added oil during boiling.
  2. Boil the milk in a pan and then reduce the heat. Add the margarine and cornflour ehile continuously stiring to avoid burning at the bottom of the pan. I used a hand mixer at a slow speed. When the sause is slightly thick , you add the nutmeg and set aside.
  3. In another pan, you saute the minced meat. When brown and all juices are reduced, you add the finely chopped onion and grated garlic until transparent and flavour the minced meat. Then you pour either the wine or cognac. If kids are sharing this dish, then you can skip the alcohol. Then in go the passata and spices. You reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until you get a thick sauce with some juice left.
  4. In a baking tray, you place half of the pasta with some grated cheese and a scoop of the white sauce whle mixing everything evenly. Then you pour on top of the pasta mix, all the minced meat sauce with a scoop of the white sauce. Finally, you place the remaining pasta with some grated cheese ontop of the previous layers. At the end, you pour the remaining white sauce and grated cheese on top of the final pasta layer. You bake for 20- 30 minutes in a pre- heated oven (at 180oC) or until the top layer becomes golden (I know mine looks more brown :-) ).

It wasn't until I researched the recipe further that I learned its real Greek origins. The Pastitsio (or Pastichio) is a famous Greek pasta bake with a spiced meat sauce and a silky béchamel. It's ideal for a delicious Sunday dinner You may also know it as Greek pasta bake, and you know that this is the food to serve whenever you want your loved ones to sit around the table and. Pastitsio is Greek comfort food, pasta layered with meat, cheese and béchamel sauce. Come to think of it, I think the whole family likes it.

So that’s going to wrap it up with this special food pastitsio (greek pasta bake) recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident that you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!