Pastitsio

Name: Pastitsio
Prep time: 6 h 10 min
Cook time: 6 h 10 min
Total time: 6 h 10 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter, melted; 4 eggs, well beaten; 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 15 servings ground nutmeg to taste; 177 milliliters half-and-half; 1 kilograms lean ground beef; 454 grams uncooked macaroni; 1 onion, chopped; 237 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 0 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoons salt; 170 grams tomato paste; 177 milliliters water

Pastitsio might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe makes 15 servings with 376 calories, 28g of protein, and 16g of fat each. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up water, eggs, onion, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in onion and cook until it begins to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in the ground beef, and cook until crumbly and no longer pink.

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Ground Beef

Butter

Onion

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Frying Pan

Pour in the water and tomato paste. Season with salt, pepper, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon; cover, and simmer for 5 minutes.

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Tomato Paste

Allspice

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Pepper

Water

Salt

Remove from heat, adjust salt to taste, then refrigerate until cold. Once cold, remove any congealed fat, and thoroughly mix with 2 beaten eggs, and set aside.

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Egg

Salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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Oven

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.

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Water

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Pot

Add macaroni and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain, and rinse under cold water to cool.

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Macaroni

Water

Mix the macaroni in 2 beaten eggs until well coated.

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Macaroni

Egg

Evenly spread half of the macaroni mixture into a 11x14x2 inch baking pan, sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the grated parmesan cheese, and drizzle with 1/2 cup of melted butter.

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Grated Parmesan Cheese