Pastitsio was on the menu at Chez Allison this evening. Here's the recipe:
Pastitsio
Ingredients
Filling:
1 tablespoon butter
2 lbs. ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup white wine
1 lb. can stewed tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
Sauce:
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup flour
4 hot cups milk
Salt
Pepper
1 cup grated Kefalotiri cheese
2 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks
Pasta:
1 lb. Greek macaroni
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup grated Kefalotiri (or parmesan) cheese
Preparation
For the filling: Heat the butter in a large frying pan and saute the ground beef and onion until slightly browned. Add remaining ingredients and cook over a medium heat until heated through; allow to cool.
To make the sauce: Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan, add the flour and cook stirring constanly for 1 minute. Add the milk all at once, and stir until the sauce is smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and stir in the cheese, eggs and egg yolks.
Cook the macaroni in salted boiling water until soft but firm. Drain and return to the pan. Add the butter.
Butter a baking pan and put in half the macaroni. Sprinkle with cheese and cover with the meat filling. Top with remaining macaroni. Sprinkle with cheese and cover with the sauce. Sprinkle top with the rest of the cheese and cook in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes or until golden brown. Leave for 20 minutes then cut into square pieces and serve.
2 comments:
My mother in law is Greek and that looks as good as hers. Where do you get those long noodles?
Chad asks: "Where do you get those long noodles?"
I talked about my Greek noodle-buying back in September:
Not only do I make an annual pilgrimage to the [Nashville] Greek Festival for the food (which includes world-class roast lamb, baked chicken, mousaka, and diples), I go to pick up several packages of Misko macaroni for for making pastitsio. This year, I walked away with the last 6 packs in the Greek Festival store!
If there's a grocery store in Nashville that sells Misko pasta, I ain't found it yet. (Thus, my stockin' up trip to Holy Trinity every September!)
And now Chad knows where I get my Greek long-noodles ...
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