Greek pastitsio recipe (Baked pasta)

Instructions

• Meat Sauce Instructions.
  
  Add olive oil to the hot pot and add mincemeat, stirring continuously until meat liquid dissolves and meat has browned.
• Add garlic and onions continuously stir through, adding red wine.
• Stir the mixture thoroughly covering the pot for up to 5 minutes.
• Uncover pot stirring thoroughly mixture and coving pot for a further 5 minutes.
• Add tomato and tomato paste into the mixture, stirring through thoroughly before covering the pot for a further 10 minutes.
• Uncover the pot and add paprika, dry mixed herbs, parsley, salt, and pepper.
• Stir through ingredients thoroughly, adding 1 cup of water
• Cover pot and lower heat for a further 5 minutes (allowing the sauce to simmer), turning the heat off and allowing the sauce to rest.
• Pasta & Assembly.
  
  In a large pot add water, 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 teaspoon of salt, bringing water to the boil.
• Add pasta, stirring through once or twice until the pasta has softened (dente).
• Drain pasta, rinsing cold tap water over pasta (this stops the cooking process) and adding drained pasta back into a large empty pot.
• Beat 3 egg whites thoroughly, stirring through pasta.
• Add a generous portion of parmesan cheese to the base of the baking dish, adding a layer of pasta (half quantity) to base (spreading evenly) and apply a generous portion of parmesan cheese over pasta.
• Spoon over meat sauce (spreading evenly) over pasta and adding the rest of the pasta over the meat sauce (spreading evenly) and applying a generous portion of parmesan cheese over pasta.
• Béchamel Sauce – How to make béchamel sauce recipe and video.
  
  In a separate hot pot (low to medium heat), stirring until the butter has fully dissolved.
  
• Slowly sift plain flour into the pot, continuing to stir slowly at the same time.
• Continue stirring until mixture begins to change colour (brown colour).
• Slowly add milk, continuing to stir slowly at the same time.
• The mixture will begin to thicken, add 1 beaten whole egg to the mixture – stirring rapidly.
• Add salt and pepper (to taste), continuing to stir slowly.
• Once the mixture thickens, remove the pot from the heat and apply over pasta (spreading evenly).
• Apply a generous amount of parmesan cheese over Béchamel and bake at 180 C for up to 60 minutes or until pastitsio is golden brown.
• Allow pastitsio to cool before serving.