Recipe - Pastitso (Greek Pasta Supreme)

CREMA
One half cup Butter
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg
8 tablespoon Flour
Salt
4 cup Milk
White Pepper
4 To 6 Egg Yolks
PASTITSO
8 ounce Macaroni (2 cup raw) cook
And
1 tablespoon Olive oil
Drain
MEAT FILLING
1 ounce Butter
Salt
1 lg Onion finely chopped
Freshly ground Black Pepper
1 One half pound Ground beef
One fourth teaspoon Cinnamon
2 tablespoon Tomato paste
One half cup Dried breadcrumbs
Three fourths cup Dry Red Wine
1 One half cup Grated Kefalotiri OR
One half teaspoon Nutmeg
Parmesan Cheese

Preheat oven to 350~. Melt 1 ounce of butter in large skillet and saute onion
til soft and transparent. Add the meat, cook until browned. Mix tomato
paste with wine and add to meat. Continue cooking, adding nutmeg, salt,
pepper, and cinnamon. Cook about 15 minutes, take off heat, cool and mix in
half the breadcrumbs and half the grated cheese. Set aside. Do not allow
meat to "bulk", keep it separated. Cook the macaroni in boiling water with
oil til soft. Drain and set aside. Make crema. Stir in One fourth c. cheese. To
Assemble: Grease a baking dish (LIKE A LASAGNA PAN) and sprinkle it with
breadcrumbs. Spread half the cooked pasta over the bottom of the dish and
sprinkle it with One fourth cup reserved cheese. Spread all of the meat over the
pasta. Pour half the sauce over the meat and spread the rest of the pasta
over it. Sprinkle it with 2 TB. of cheese. Pour the rest of the sauce on
top and smooth with a spatula. Sprinkle with the rest of the cheese and
breadcrumbs and bake in the preheated oven 5060 minutes. Let stand 10
minutes before cutting into squares. Serve with Greek salad and lots of
chilled retsina wine.

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From: Robielynn@aol.Com Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 14:40:12 0500

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