Pastitsio

Name: Pastitsio
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: Cyprus
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons olive oil; 125 g (1 cup) plain (all-purpose) flour; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; 850 g (1 lb 14 oz) minced (ground) pork and beef; 125 ml (½ cup) white wine; 1 large onion, chopped; 120 g (4 oz) butter; a little freshly grated nutmeg; 400 g (14 oz) tinned tomatoes, chopped; 450 g (1 lb) short pasta; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 bay leaf; 1 litre (4 cups) warm milk; ½ teaspoon dried mint; about 30 g (1 oz) butter; 1 tablespoon breadcrumbs

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Falling Cloudberries

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2004

About

I love pastitsio. I have a special glass oval-shaped oven dish that I like to cook it in: it is about 35 cm (14 inches) long, 24 cm (10

Ingredients

Asia
Cyprus
Main course
Mediterranean

Ingredients

Method