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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. | 2. Put water, salt, olive oil and in a large pot and bring to a boil. | 3. Add macaroni, cook until well done (9-10 minutes), and drain. | 4. Melt butter in sauce pan, add tomato paste, stir and mix well. | 5. Add sugar, salt, cinnamon, oregano, orange rind, orange juice, bay leaves, and cloves, and stir well. | 6. Continue stirring while slowly adding warm water. | 7. Cover and simmer until only 2/3 of the liquid remains. | 8. Season beef with salt and pepper, and sauté in olive oil until meat is dry, breaking up meat while browning, so it will not be lumpy when done (8-10 minutes). | 9. Add onions and garlic and continue to sauté until onion is yellow (3-5 minutes). | 10. Pour wine over this mixture, stir well, cover tightly, and set aside. | 11. When only 2/3 of the liquid remains in the tomato sauce, add the ground beef mixture. | 12. Continue to simmer covered until sauce is thickened. | 13. Keep hot. | 14. Put layers in a baking pan in the following order: (1) macaroni (2) meat sauce (3) kephalotiri cheese. | 15. Keep layering until everything is used up, with the last layer being the meat/tomato sauce. | 16. Cover the top layer with a single layer of kaseri cheese. | 17. Bake until the Kasseri is melted (2-3 minutes). | 18. Serve hot. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
water	3	quarts		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
elbow macaroni	1	lb		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	4	tablespoons		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
tomato paste	1	can	seasoned	139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
sugar	1/2	teaspoon		9.177	2.2954	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
oregano	1	teaspoon		2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
orange	1/2	tablespoon	grated rind	2.6438	0.6609	0.0529	0.0067
orange juice	1/2	cup		55.8	12.895999999999999	0.868	0.248
bay leaf	3 -4			-	-	-	-
clove	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.877	0.6881	0.0627	0.1365
water	2 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
olive oil	2	tablespoons		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
onion	3/4	cup	chopped	48.0	11.208	1.32	0.12
garlic clove	4 -5		chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
red wine	1	cup		-	-	-	-
gruyere	8	ounces	grated	936.684	0.8165	67.6091	73.3471
kasseri cheese	4 -5	ounces	sliced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.