• Prep Time: 5 MIN
  • Cooking Time: 2 hr 5 MIN
  • Serves: 8

Pastitsio r4

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 Ingredients List

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 carrot, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 kg minced beef
  • 1½ tsp ground allspice
  • ½ tsp dried mint
  • 400 ml passata (puréed tomatoes)
  • 500 g ziti pasta (see Note) or penne
  • 40 g butter
  • 4 egg whites
  • 25 g (½ cup) grated kefalograviera (see Note), plus extra, to sprinkle

 Directions

Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and carrot and cook, stirring, for 6 minutes or until softened. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add tomato paste and beef and cook, breaking up mince with a wooden spoon, for 10 minutes or until browned all over. Stir through allspice and dried mint and season with salt and pepper. Add passata, cover and cook for 40 minutes or until thickened and rich. Remove from heat and cool slightly.

To make béchamel, melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Gradually add milk, 1 cup at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, then remove from heat and beat in egg yolks, nutmeg and kefalograviera. Season.

Preheat oven to 180°C. Cook pasta according to packet instructions, drain and refresh with cold running water. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add pasta, then stir in egg whites and grated kefalograviera. Stir for 2 minutes to bind egg whites to pasta. Press half the pasta into a deep lasagne dish, then top with meat sauce, then remaining pasta, then béchamel sauce. Sprinkle with kefalograviera. Bake for 45 minutes or until golden.

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