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Description:
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Pastichio is a kind of Greek version of a lasagne, though it doesn’t use sheets, but tubes, mac or spirals.
You will need:
This is a non white sauce version - so you don’t need a Béchamel. And it has some spices.
Meat sauce
1 large onion and 2 garlic cloves, chopped and fried in oil, lightly
500 g lean minced beef (can use lamb)
Add the beef to the mix, season
2 tablespoons of tomato puree
Stir in 400 g can tomatoes and a 500 g can pasta
1/2 tsp cinnamon and cumin
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp dried parsley
Cook slowly for 40 minutes
350 g pasta, uncooked
While the sauce is cooking, cook the macaroni
180 ml thick yoghurt
1 egg
100 g cheddar
50 g soft white cheese
Butter an ovenproof dish
Layer as follows:
1/3 macaroni
Half the meat sauce
Then more macaroni
Top with the cheese sauce
In a jug mix the yoghurt and an egg and 1/3 the cheddar
Pour over the pasta layer, then dot the top with oft cheese.
Bake in the oven at 180 C, Gas 4, 350 F for 30 minutes. |