Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pastitsio (greek pasta bake). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pastitsio (greek pasta bake) using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake):

1. Get 2 lb ground beef or lamb
2. Get 1 large onion - diced
3. Prepare 2 clove garlic - minced
4. Get 1 cup tomato sauce (approx 1 - 8 oz can)
5. Make ready 1/2 cup dry red wine - I use shiraz
6. Prepare 1 can petite diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can)
7. Take 1 tbsp parsley
8. Make ready 1 tsp salt
9. Prepare 1 tsp cinnamon
10. Make ready 1/4 tsp nutmeg
11. Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper
12. Prepare 1 lb pasta - macaroni or ziti
13. Take 4 eggs - divided
14. Prepare 1 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese - divided
15. Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
16. Take 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
17. Take 1 cup ap flour
18. Make ready 3 cup milk

Step by Step to make Pastitsio (Greek Pasta Bake):

1. Preheat oven to 375° and grease/spray a 13x9 baking dish.
2. In a large skillet - brown ground beef and onion. Drain. Add garlic and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
3. Add in tomato sauce, wine, can of undrained diced tomatoes and seasonings. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Taste - adjust seasoning if desired.
4. While meat is simmering - cook pasta. Do not overcook - pasta should be just shy of al dente.
5. Drain pasta. Return pasta to pot and mix in olive oil, 2 beaten eggs and 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese.
6. Now start the bechamel/white sauce. In a large saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Add in flour and whisk until it's a smooth paste. Cook for a minute or two but do not brown.
7. Slowly add in milk and cook for a few minutes, whisking constantly, until sauce thickens.
8. Remove from heat. Season to taste with salt, pepper & a bit of nutmeg. Mix in 2 beaten eggs & remaining 1 cup of parmesan cheese. This will be a very thick sauce - if it's too thick to work with you can add a bit more milk.
9. Assembly time : ) Spread half of the pasta mixture evenly on the bottom of the casserole dish - make sure bottom is completely covered.
10. Evenly spread the entire meat mixture over bottom pasta layer.
11. Top meat with remaining pasta.
12. Pour the bechamel/sauce on top of noodles. With a spoon spread sauce making sure to get edges and corners. Sauce should be nearly to top of casserole dish - you may have a little leftover.
13. Bake for 45 minutes - top will be golden brown. Let rest for 20 minutes before cutting. Enjoy : )

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