Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, pastitso. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pastitso is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Pastitso is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pastitso using 19 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pastitso:

1. Take 1 large onion, grated
2. Prepare 1/4 lb. Butter
3. Prepare 2 lbs ground beef
4. Take 1 tbsp kosher salt
5. Prepare 1/4 tsp black pepper
6. Get 1/2 tsp cinnamon
7. Make ready 4 tbsp tomato paste
8. Make ready 1/2 cup water
9. Prepare 1 egg
10. Prepare Macaroni
11. Take 1 lb elbow macaroni
12. Take 3 eggs, beaten
13. Make ready 1 3/4 cups Romano cheese, grated
14. Get White Sauce
15. Make ready 1/4 lb butter
16. Get 1/2 cup flour
17. Get 3 cups milk
18. Prepare 5 egg yolks
19. Take 1/4 cup Romano cheese, grated

Instructions to make Pastitso:

1. Brown onion in the butter then add the meat. Keep stirring until the meat is browned.
2. Add salt, pepper, cinnamon, tomato paste and water. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until the water is absorbed.
3. Remove from the heat and allow this to cool.
4. Beat 1 egg very well and add it to the meat mixture.
5. Macaroni-
6. Cook the macaroni as per the package directions. Then rinse under hot water, drain and put into a large bowl.
7. Toss the macaroni with the 3 beaten eggs and the 1 3/4 cup grated Romano cheese.
8. White Sauce -
9. Melt the butter and add the flour, mix well. This should be done on med-low heat, so you don't burn the butter.
10. Gradually add the cold milk, stirring well. Cook this until it's thick, stirring often. Be patient, it needs to thicken up! Remove from heat.
11. After about 5 minutes, while sauce is cooling, beat the 5 egg yolks very well and blend into the sauce. Add the cheese and mix.
12. Butter a 10"x 14" pan. Put 1/2 of macaroni mix in pan. put meat mixture over the macaroni, spreading evenly. Put the rest of the macaroni mixture on top, also spreading evenly.
13. Put white sauce all over the top.
14. Bake at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes or until golden brown (you might need to tent it with alum. foil towards the end of cooking).

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