{"id":264,"date":"2010-06-07T14:36:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T01:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/?p=264"},"modified":"2010-06-10T16:10:04","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T03:10:04","slug":"pastitsio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"PASTITSIO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pastitsio\"<\/a><\/p>\n

150g elbow macaroni<\/p>\n

40g butter<\/p>\n

1\/4 t ground nutmeg<\/p>\n

60g kefalotyri or Parmesan, grated<\/p>\n

1 egg, lightly beaten<\/p>\n

Meat sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 T oil<\/p>\n

1 onion, finely chopped<\/p>\n

2 cloved garlic, crushed<\/p>\n

500g minced beef<\/p>\n

1\/2 C red wine<\/p>\n

1 C beef stock<\/p>\n

3 T tomato paste<\/p>\n

1 t fresh oregano, chopped<\/p>\n

Bechamel sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n

50 g butter<\/p>\n

3 T plain flour<\/p>\n

pinch nutmeg<\/p>\n

2 C milk<\/p>\n

1 egg, lightly beaten<\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 180\u00b0. Lightly grease a 1.5 litre oven proof dish.\u00a0 Cook the macaroni in salted water for 10 minutes or until al dente.\u00a0 Drain and return to the pot.\u00a0 Melt butter then pour over the macaroni.\u00a0 Stir in the nutmeg and half the cheese.\u00a0 Season to taste.\u00a0 Leave until cool then stir in the egg.<\/p>\n

For the meat sauce, heat oil in a large frying pan, add the onion and garlic and cook over medium heat until the onion is soft.\u00a0 Increase the heat, add the beef and cook, stirring until the meat is browned.\u00a0 Add the wine and cook over high heat until evaporated.\u00a0 Add the stock, tomato paste, oregano, salt and pepper.\u00a0 Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

For the bechamel sauce, melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat.\u00a0 Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute or until pale and foaming.\u00a0 Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the milk.\u00a0 Return to the heat and stir constantly until the sauce boils and thickens.\u00a0 Reduce the heat and simmer for 2 minutes.\u00a0 Add the nutmeg and some salt.\u00a0 Allow to cool a little before stirring in the egg.\u00a0 Stir 3 tablespoons of the bechamel sauce into the meat sauce.<\/p>\n

Spread half the meat sauce in the dish, then layer half the pasta over it.\u00a0 Layer with the remaining meat sauce then the remaining pasta.\u00a0 Press down firmly with the back of a spoon.\u00a0 Spread the bechamel sauce over the pasta and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.\u00a0 Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until golden.\u00a0 Allow to stand for 15 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

150g elbow macaroni 40g butter 1\/4 t ground nutmeg 60g kefalotyri or Parmesan, grated 1 egg, lightly beaten Meat sauce 2 T oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 cloved garlic, crushed 500g minced beef 1\/2 C red wine 1 C beef stock 3 T tomato paste 1 t fresh oregano, chopped Bechamel sauce 50 g […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-pasta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ps8Td-4g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foursistersfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}