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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Melt 1/2 c butter over low heat. | 2. Add flour, stirring quickly until disolved. | 3. Add milk and stir constantly until mixture thickens. | 4. Remove from heat and allow to cool. | 5. Then add egg yolks, one at a time, stirring throughly after each addition. | 6. Add 1/2 c grated cheese, salt and nutmeg. | 7. Set aside. | 8. Saute onion in 1/4 c butter until golden. | 9. Remove onions and brown meat. | 10. Remove excess fat from pan and return onions. | 11. Add tomato puree if desired and season with salt and pepper. | 12. Simmer until thickened. | 13. If sauce does not seem thick enough add bread crumbs until sauce reaches desired consistency. | 14. Cook ziti according to package direcions and drain well. | 15. Add 1/4 c butter, egg whites and 1/8 c cheese. | 16. Mix well. | 17. Sprinkle a large lasagna pan with bread crumbs, place half the macaroni in the pan, sprinkle with 1/8 c cheese and add the meat sauce. | 18. Pour over the mixture about 1 c of the white sauce, 1/8 c cheese and then add the remaining macaroni. | 19. Cover with remaining cheese and add the rest of the white sauce. | 20. Sprinkle with nutmeg and bake at 375 for 40 minutes or until golden brown. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
flour	1	cup		578.28	126.6054	9.401	2.2436
milk	3	cups		446.52	34.9896	23.058000000000003	23.9364
egg yolk	3			164.22	1.8309	8.0886	13.5354
parmesan cheese	1	cup	grated	296.0	32.0	32.0	4.0
salt pepper				605.2014	0.0	134.6403	3.4
nutmeg				-	-	-	-
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
hamburger meat	1 1/2		chopped	605.2014	0.0	134.6403	3.4
tomato puree	1	lb		172.3653	40.7326	7.4843	0.9525
breadcrumb				605.2014	0.0	134.6403	3.4
ziti pasta	1 1/2	1/2		605.2014	0.0	134.6403	3.4
egg white	3		beaten	51.48	0.7227	10.790999999999999	0.1683

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