Shortcut pastitsio
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | pounds | Lean ground beef |
| ½ | cup | Chopped onion |
| ¼ | cup | Chopped parsley |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Dried basil |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| pinch | Ground cinnamon -- to taste | |
| 15 | ounces | Tomato sauce -- canned |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| ⅔ | cup | Elbow macaroni -- uncooked |
| ½ | cup | Shredded cheddar cheese |
| Sauce-- | ||
| 4 | teaspoons | All-purpose flour |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Dry mustard |
| 2 | tablespoons | Margarine |
| 1⅓ | cup | Milk |
| 2 | Eggs -- beaten | |
Directions
In a large (8-cup) pot, brown crumbled burger with onion. When onion is tender, stir in next 8 ingredients (parsley through macaroni).
Bring to boiling; cover. Reduce heat; cook until macaroni is tender, 15 minutes, stirring often. Adjust seasonings to taste. Stir in shredded sharp American cheese. Turn into a 1-½ quart casserole. In saucepan stir flour, mustard, and margarine. Stirring frequently, add the milk and cook over low heat till the sauce is thickened and bubbly. Beat the eggs in a pyrex or heat proof container. Stir some of the white sauce into the 2 beaten eggs. Stirring, return the eggs mixture to the sauce pan. Cook over low heat 2 minutes. Pour sauce over mixture in casserole.
Bake at 350F till top is set and golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
VARIATION ~ Cook and drain the pasta. Meanwhile, brown meat with onion. Add parsley through cinnamon. Add from 8 to 15 ounces of tomato sauce, for taste and consistency. Omit water or add to thin the sauce, if needed. Stir in the cheese. MICRO - in a micro-proof bowl or 4-cup pyrex measure, stir together the flour, mustard, margarine and milk. Micro-wave on high for two-minute intervals, stirring and turning, until thickened (6 minutes).
Pick up the original instructions at "Beat the eggs in a pyrex..." Recipe By : BH&G 1974, Oven-Meals p60