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.
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.