Ina Garten Pastitsio Recipe

Pastitsio is a Greek dish like lasagna with tube pasta. This Ina Garten Pastitsio Recipe is easy to make at home.

It has pasta, meat, and white sauce in layers. This warm dinner fills you up and tastes great.

This Ina Garten Pastitsio Recipe is good for big meals. You make three parts and put them together.

First cook pasta, then meat sauce, then white sauce on top. It takes time but tastes amazing. This feeds lots of people.

When I First Made This

I made this Ina Garten Pastitsio Recipe in a Greek cooking class. The teacher showed us how to put the layers together.

The white sauce was hard to make at first. Now I make this dish when I have many people over for dinner.

What You Need

• Big pot
• Large pan
• Small pot
• Baking dish
• Whisk
• Wooden spoon
• Measuring cups
• Cheese grater

Ingredients

• 1 pound penne pasta
• 2 pounds ground lamb or beef
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 can crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 3 eggs, beaten
• Salt and pepper
• Cinnamon and nutmeg

How to Make It

1. Cook pasta until just tender.
2. Drain pasta and set aside.
3. Brown meat in large skillet.
4. Add chopped onion to meat.
5. Cook until onion gets soft.
6. Add garlic and cook one minute.
7. Pour in tomatoes and wine.
8. Season with salt and pepper.
9. Let sauce cook for 20 minutes.
10. Make white sauce in saucepan.
11. Melt butter over medium heat.
12. Add flour and whisk together.
13. Slowly pour in milk while whisking.
14. Cook until sauce gets thick.
15. Add cheese to white sauce.
16. Mix beaten eggs into sauce.
17. Layer pasta in baking dish.
18. Add meat sauce over pasta.
19. Pour white sauce on top.
20. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes.

Easy Tips

1. Don’t cook pasta too much: It cooks more in oven.
2. Let meat cook slowly: This makes better taste in this Ina Garten Pastitsio Recipe.
3. Stir white sauce well: This stops lumps.
4. Wait before cutting: Let it sit 15 minutes first.
5. Use fresh cheese: It tastes much better than store cheese.

What to Serve With This

Greek Salad: Fresh vegetables make the heavy pasta dish lighter to eat.

Bread: Warm bread helps you eat all the sauce from your plate.

Cooked Vegetables: Zucchini or other vegetables make the meal more healthy.

Final Thoughts

This Ina Garten Pastitsio Recipe makes Greek food easy to cook at home. The pasta, meat, and white sauce taste great together.

Try this Ina Garten Pastitsio Recipe for dinner and everyone will want more food and ask for the recipe.

Ina Garten Pastitsio Recipe

Ina Garten Pastitsio Recipe makes Greek food easy to cook at home. The pasta, meat, and white sauce taste great together.

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Prep Time 35 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

Course Casserole

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Calories 430 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 1 pound penne pasta
• 2 pounds ground lamb or beef
• 1 large onion chopped
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 1 can crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup parmesan cheese grated
• 3 eggs beaten
• Salt and pepper
• Cinnamon and nutmeg

Instructions

 

• Cook pasta until just tender.
• Drain pasta and set aside.
• Brown meat in large skillet.
• Add chopped onion to meat.
• Cook until onion gets soft.
• Add garlic and cook one minute.
• Pour in tomatoes and wine.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Let sauce cook for 20 minutes.
• Make white sauce in saucepan.
• Melt butter over medium heat.
• Add flour and whisk together.
• Slowly pour in milk while whisking.
• Cook until sauce gets thick.
• Add cheese to white sauce.
• Mix beaten eggs into sauce.
• Layer pasta in baking dish.
• Add meat sauce over pasta.
• Pour white sauce on top.
• Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes.

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