Pastitsio

Name: Pastitsio
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 500 g bucatini or pastitsio pasta; 700 g minced beef; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves; 3 tbsp olive oil; 400 ml tomato passata; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 150 ml red wine; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 0.5 tsp ground allspice; 1 bay leaf; 100 g butter; 100 g plain flour; 1 l milk; 2 egg yolks; 150 g kefalotyri or parmesan, grated; 0.25 tsp grated nutmeg; to taste salt; to taste black pepper

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Prep40 min

Cook90 min

Total130 min

The Greek baked pasta — tubes of pasta under a cinnamon-scented beef ragu and a thick bechamel that sets into a golden lid you can cut into clean squares.

Ingredients

Serves:8

500 g bucatini or pastitsio pasta
700 g minced beef
1 large onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves
3 tbsp olive oil
400 ml tomato passata
2 tbsp tomato paste
150 ml red wine
1 tsp ground cinnamon
0.5 tsp ground allspice
1 bay leaf
100 g butter
100 g plain flour
1 l milk
2 egg yolks
150 g kefalotyri or parmesan, grated
0.25 tsp grated nutmeg
to taste salt
to taste black pepper

Nutrition (estimated)

medium confidence

854kcal · per serving

45.5g

Protein

69.8g

Carbs

42.7g

Fat

Recipe total: 6833 kcal · P 363.6g · C 558.3g · F 341.3g

Estimated from 17 of 19 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

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Steps

1
Soften the onion in the olive oil over medium heat until translucent, then add the garlic for a further minute.
2
Raise the heat, add the minced beef and break it up, cooking until no pink remains and the liquid has evaporated.
3
Pour in the wine and let it bubble away, then stir in the passata, tomato paste, cinnamon, allspice and bay leaf. Season, and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes until thick.
4
Boil the pasta in well-salted water for two minutes less than the packet states — it finishes cooking in the oven. Drain it and turn it through a little olive oil.
5
For the bechamel, melt the butter, whisk in the flour and cook it for 2 minutes without letting it colour, then add the milk a little at a time, whisking until smooth and thick.
6
Off the heat, beat in the nutmeg, half the cheese and the egg yolks. The sauce should be thick enough to hold a ribbon on the whisk.
7
Spread half the pasta in a deep baking dish, cover it with all of the meat sauce, then the remaining pasta.
8
Pour the bechamel over the top, level it, and scatter over the rest of the cheese.
9
Bake at 180°C for 45 minutes, until the top is set and deeply golden.
10
Rest for at least 20 minutes before cutting. Pastitsio slices cleanly only once it has settled.

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Questions and answers

How long does Pastitsio take to make?

About 130 minutes: 40 min prep and 90 min cooking.

What ingredients do you need for Pastitsio?

19 ingredients: bucatini or pastitsio pasta, minced beef, onion, garlic cloves, olive oil, tomato passata, tomato paste, red wine, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, bay leaf, butter and 7 more.

How many servings does this Pastitsio recipe make?

8 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Pastitsio?

About 854 kcal, with 45.5 g protein, 69.8 g carbohydrate and 42.7 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

What cuisine is Pastitsio?

Pastitsio comes from Greek cuisine.

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