Pastitsio
Greek baked pasta with meat sauce, béchamel, and cinnamon — like Greek lasagna.
- prep 20 min
- cook 50 min
- total 70 min
- serves 6
- intermediate
- Greece
Ingredients
- 400 g penne pasta
- 400 g ground beef
- 300 ml tomato sauce
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 500 ml milk
- 50 g butter
- 50 g flour
- 1 pinch nutmeg
Steps
- Cook pasta, make meat sauce with cinnamon.
- Make béchamel: butter, flour, milk, nutmeg.
- Layer: half pasta, meat sauce, remaining pasta, béchamel.
- Bake at 180°C for 40 minutes until golden.
- Rest 15 minutes before cutting.
≈ 520 kcal · 28 g protein · 50 g carbs · 24 g fat — per serving, estimate