YiayiaWatch Cooking Series Episode 9: Pastitsio

YiayiaWatch shares her cooking recipes with the next generation. Come join us as we make...Pastitsio!

ATTENTION: The recipe Yiayia uses is posted below but Yiayia herself DOES NOT follow it.
Pastitsio:
1 (12x18x2 inch) Baking Pan
1lb. Macaroni (Elbow or long pieces)
2 lb. Ground Beef
1cup Chopped Onion
1/4lb. Butter or margarine
1tsp. all spice (ground)
1/2 cup Tomato paste
1/2 cup Water
2 cups Grated Cheese (Romano)
Salt & Pepper
Cream Sauce (See Below)

Cream Sauce:
1/2 lb Butter or Margarine
10 Tbsp. Flour (or corn starch)
5 Cups Hot Milk
4 Eggs, well beaten
1 cup Grated Cheese

Pastitsio Recipe:
Brown onion in 4 Tablespoons butter. Add meat and brown until dry. Mix together water, tomato paste, allspice, salt, and pepper. Add to meat and simmer until liquid is absorbed. While Browning meat, cook macaroni as directed on package. Drain in colander. Melt 1/4 pound butter in pan used to boil macaroni. Add macaroni and mix to coat. Add 1 cup grated cheese; mixed together. Grease baking pan. Pour 1/2 of macaroni in pan. add meat, spreading over evenly. add remaining 1/2 of macaroni. Cover with Cream Sauce. Melt Butter in heavy pan. Add flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until slightly browned. Add hot milk to flour-butter mixture. Continue to stir until mixture thickens. Remove from fire. Trickle very slowly some of the cream mixture into eggs. Continue to mix to prevent curdling. Add cheese. Layer the cream sauce over macaroni. Bake in a 305F oven for 45 minutes or until brown. remove from oven. Cool for 30 minutes, then cut into desired serving pieces.




Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from www.videvo.net
Music by:
GreekMusic
The Bachelors of Music - The ̶L̶o̶s̶t̶ FREE Tapes - Mediterranean C7