Greek pastitsio recipe

the recipe for the favorite pastitsio dish with the most traditional Greek recipe! Spaghetti, minced meat and béchamel, you will love it!

Ingredient

• 2 packs of prepared crust sheet
• 1 kg of ground beef or mixed with pork
• 400 ml of tomato juice
• 1 onion
• 2 tbsp brandy
• 1 packet of thick spaghetti
• 70 g butter for the leaves
• olive oil

For the béchamel

• 150 g butter
• 150 ml olive oil
• 300 g flour
• 2 liters of milk
• 4 egg yolks
• 150 g parmesan
• 150 gr emmental
• salt, pepper, nutmeg

Execution

For the minced meat

• Saute the chopped onion over high heat with olive oil and then add the minced meat.
• When it is deep fried, extinguish with brandy, add the tomato, salt, pepper and cook for about half an hour.

Greek pastitsio- béchamel:

• Put the milk in a saucepan to heat.
• Put the butter with the olive oil in another pot and when they heat up, add the flour, mix with a whisk and after a while add the milk in portions and mix, add salt, nutmeg pepper and mix.
• When it sets, remove from the heat, add the yolks and cheeses and stir.

Greek pastitsio – Composition:

• After we have prepared the béchamel and the minced meat, boil the spaghetti, strain it and put them in a bowl.
• Mix the spaghetti with the béchamel.
• We get a large round mold detachable (like the one we make the cheesecake).
• Put 8-9 leaves on the bottom with butter in between and protrude slightly out of the form.
• Put spaghetti with minced meat alternately in the form.
• Finally, cover again with leaves that we cut a little around and cover well, we put the protruding ones inside.
• Grease, carve on top and bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Remove from the oven and let cool for about 20 minutes and then cut.