Makaronia Pastitsio Greek Creamed Macaroni And Cheese Recipes

PASTITSIO (GREEK PASTA BAKE)

Steps:

• Heat in a large pot over high heat. Add garlic and onion, cook for 2 - 3 minutes until onion is softened. Add beef and cook, breaking it up as you go, until it changes from red to brown.
• Add wine and and cook until the wine has mostly evaporated - about 3 minutes.
• Add remaining Meat Sauce ingredients. Stir well, bring to simmer, then reduce heat to medium / medium low so it's simmering gently. Cook for 45 min to 1 hour until liquid is mostly gone, stirring every now and then. It should be a thick mixture with little liquid, not saucy like Spaghetti Bolognese (Note 4).
• Remove from stove and cool. Preferably to room temperature, otherwise for at least 30 minutes before assembling (lid off).
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and stir for 1 minute.
• While stirring, slowly pour half the milk in. It should turn into a wet paste. Then again, while stirring, pour in remaining milk - the paste should easily dissolve so it's lump-free. If not, just whisk vigorously.
• Cook, stirring so the base doesn't catch, for 5 minutes or until thick enough so it coats the back of a wooden spoon thickly and you can draw a path across it with your finger.
• Remove from stove. Stir in nutmeg, cheese and salt.
• Leave to cool for 5 minutes. Then whisk in egg yolks quickly. Place lid on and set aside. If sauce cools and gets too thick to pour, just reheat on a low stove until pourable.
• When you're ready to assemble, cook the pasta per packet instructions, minus 1 minute.
• Drain, then return to the pot. Leave to cool for 3 minutes, then stir through egg whites. Gently stir through crumbled feta.
• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (all oven types).
• Place pasta in a baking dish (33 x 22 x 7 cm / 9 x 13 x 2.75"), arranging them so they are all going in the same direction as best you can (for visual effect when sliced). Make the surface as level as you can.
• Top with Meat Sauce, then smooth the surface.
• Pour over Béchamel Sauce, then sprinkle over the cheese.
• Bake 30 min or until crust turns golden.
• Cool for at least 10 minutes so you can cut neat slices with tdhe layers neatly visible. Serve!

MAKARONIA PASTITSIO (GREEK CREAMED MACARONI AND CHEESE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large pot, bring water and salt to a rapid boil; add macaroni.
• Stir a few times with a fork; boil macaroni until al dente according to package directions (7-9 minutes).
• Drain macaroni well and return to pot.
• Mix oregano, garlic powder and flour into melted butter.
• Stir butter into pasta, cover, and keep warm.
• Beat eggs until frothy.
• Add pepper, cinnamon, and milk, and beat until well mixed.
• Place half of the macaroni in a 9x12-inch baking pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Cover macaroni with 1/2 cup of cheese.
• Add another layer of macaroni.
• Gently pour egg/milk mixture over macaroni, making sure macaroni is well covered.
• On top of this add a thick layer of cheese.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, until top is bubbly and light brown.

PASTITSIO - GREEK MACARONI

Steps:

• For Meat Layer.
• Saute onions in butter till soft.
• Add meat breaking up with spoon & cook till no pink remains.
• Drain off fat in a strainer & return meat in pan.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer uncovered 15 minutes.
• For Cream Sauce.
• Melt butter in large pot.
• Stir in flour and cook 1 minute.
• Lower heat and add cream and stock till smooth.
• Cook stirring constantly till sauce is thick & bubbly.
• Stir in cheese,salt and pepper and stir till cheese is melted & blended into sauce.
• Remove from heat, cover and set aside.
• Cook pasta according to directions on box.
• Beat eggs, 1/2 Cup cheese and Soft butter.
• Add to pasta, blending well.
• Assembly:.
• Spoon 1/2 of pasta into buttered 13X9X2 dish.
• Pour 1 Cup Sauce over pasta.
• Spoon on all of the meat mixture.
• Pour another 1 Cup sauce over meat.
• Add other 1/2 of pasta.
• Pour rest of sauce.
• Sprinkle 1/4 C cheese on top.
• Bake uncovered 350 F for 35 minutes.