Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, rich pastitsio. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Pastitsio is a favorite traditional Greek dinner recipe. It's a Greek version of lasagna- characterized by a white and creamy bechamel sauce used in place of marinara and a hint of cinnamon. The Best Greek Pastitsio recipe (Pastichio)!

Rich pastitsio is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Rich pastitsio is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have rich pastitsio using 27 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Rich pastitsio:

1. Prepare Mince
2. Take 700 g beef mince
3. Prepare 1 large dry onion
4. Take 2 large peeled tomatoes
5. Get 1 medium green pepper
6. Take 1 cup oil (approximately)
7. Take 3/4 cups white wine
8. Get 3/4 cups tomato Passata (approximately)
9. Make ready salt
10. Take cinnamon (powder)
11. Make ready clove (powder)
12. Prepare nutmeg (powder)
13. Take water
14. Prepare Pasta
15. Make ready macaroni No3 (usually long, thick, hollow pasta)
16. Make ready butter
17. Prepare Bechamel sauce
18. Get Bechamel sauce
19. Prepare 130-150 g corn flour
20. Prepare 1 1/2 l fresh milk (approximately)
21. Take 2 eggs
22. Prepare 2 full tbsp butter
23. Prepare salt
24. Take cinnamon (powder)
25. Get nutmeg (powder)
26. Take Cheeses
27. Get 1 kg grated cheeses (regato, graviera, kasseri) (approximately)

Greek Pastitsio - baked pasta dish by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis. A delicious Greek recipe made with ziti pasta, ground meat, béchamel sauce cheeses and herbs! Pastitsio - layers of pasta and minced meat in tomato sauce, covered in bechamel, baked to crispy perfection. Rich pastitsio. Δημοφιλέστερες Ειδήσεις Sintages Pareas.

Steps to make Rich pastitsio:

1. Using a pot, lightly sauté the grated onion and the mince at medium temperature.
2. When these are ready, add the tomato (grated), the pepper, finely chopped, quite a bit of cinammon and clove and a little bit of nutmeg, stir well to combine the flavors and cook for about 5 minutes with the lid on so that the liquids are absorbed.
3. Then deglaze with the wine, put the lid back on and let the mince cook for five more minutes.
4. Add about 1,5 to 2 glasses of water and let the food cook for about half an hour.
5. After half an hour of cooking add the Passata, stir well and add water (about 1 cup), add salt, stir again and let the mince cook for another half hour till all the juices are absorbed.
6. Take the pot off the heat and let the mince cool for a while.
7. Prepare the pasta. Boil it in salty water and drain to get rid of the excess water. Then, put it in a baking tray, spread it and let it cool.
8. Place the milk and corn flour in a pot stirring constantly with a whisk over medium heat. After a while, as the milk starts to boil, the mixture will start to thicken. Withdraw from the fire and keep on whisking.  It might be necessary, according to how thick the bechamel is, to add a bit of milk or corn flour accordingly (just remember to whisk vigorously so that the bechamel doesn't get lumpy). Add two full tbsp of butter and let it cool for a while.
9. Take small pieces of butter with your hands and butter the pasta well. Add half of the cheeses and mix all the ingredients together. Using your hands spread the pasta in the tray.
10. Pour the mince over the pasta so that it goes everywhere and add half of the remaining cheeses spreading the mix with a spoon so that it is even.
11. Back to the bechamel now. Add the eggs and stir very well. Add a bit of salt, quite a bit of  cinnamon, a bit of nutmeg and stir again. Then add the rest of the cheeses to the bechamel and stir them with a fork or a whisk so that they combine well.
12. Finally, pour the bechamel on the tray and shake it so that it goes everywhere and there are no uncovered places.
13. Bake in medium temperature (we have already preheated the oven) for about 1 hour till it goldens to the nice colour that we all know!

Greek lasagna from my friend's Greek grandma ~ layers of The pastitsio noodles are long tubes of pasta. I found these at a local specialty grocer. If you can't find, I have used. Pastitsio is a type of Greek pasta dish prepared with a mix of lamb nad or beef then spiced with Greek Pastitsio Bake with penne pasta, seasoned ground beef and a rich béchamel sauce baked in. You start with a rich lamb ragu simmered in red wine and spiked with cinnamon.

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