PASTICHIO (Greek) 
2/3 pkg. Pastichio noodles
1 lb. ground beef
1 med. onion
1/2 stick butter
1/3 c. flour
1/2 sm. can tomato paste
3 c. milk
3 eggs
1 c. grated cheese
1 tbsp. cinnamon
Salt & pepper to taste

Meat: Brown ground beef and onion in saucepan until fat evaporates. Add tomato paste with a few ounces of water. Add salt, pepper and cinnamon. Cover and simmer on low for 15 minutes. Boil noodles and set aside.

Sauce: Mix 1/2 stick butter (melted) and flour with egg beater until thick (30 seconds). Add slowly milk until it boils (5 minutes). Stir frequently.

On side, beat eggs in a bowl. Let milk boil slowly, stirring constantly until a little thick, then pour 1 cup of the milk into the eggs and beat to mix without lumping. Then return to pot and stir constantly over medium heat. Avoid boiling (about 1-2 minutes). Then add grated cheese and stir. Take 1 1/2 or 2 quarts casserole dish greased. Spread 1/2 noodles and cover with 1/3 sauce. Then 1 layer of meat and cover with 1/3 of sauce. Last layer is rest of noodles with rest of sauce on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

recipe reviews
Pastichio (Greek)
 #34655
 Vicki W. (Illinois) says:
This was excellent!! I also added a little allspice with the cinnamon. Used the Creamette quick cook 3 minute macaroni pasta, ground sirloin, 2% milk and grated good quality parmesan and put in greased 9x13 glass pyrex.
Highly recommend it was fast, easy, plentiful and very delicious.
 #124229
 Dimitri (Alabama) says:
This recipe is very good, but it does not require cinamon. For whatever reason that I don't understand, Americans always add cinamon to dishes they consider Greek. I'm not saying it's wrong or right, but I grew up in Greece, and it's not a common practice there...unless you're making desserts. Desserts have cinamon. But adding cinamon to actual food is a bit strange. Anyways, the dish is good, but I think it tastes much better without the cinamon.

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