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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the Meat Sauce: | 2. Season the meat with the garlic, salt, and pepper. Cook on a large saucepan over medium heat, occasionally stirring and flipping to prevent too much browning, until the meat's juices have been absorbed. Add chopped onion, parsley, and butter. Brown well. | 3. Add Ragu Tomato Sauce and sugar. Simmer until thickened, about 15 minutes. | 4. Strain meat sauce as much as possible. You do NOT want the sauce to be juicy. Set aside. | 5. For the Macaroni: | 6. Bring large pot of water to boil. Once boiling, salt generously to prevent pasta from sticking. | 7. Add elbows to water, and cook until soft, about 6-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. (TIP: Be careful not to overcook the pasta at this stage, because it will be cooked a bit more in the oven once the Pastitsio has been assembled.). | 8. Drain the macaroni well. Put into a large bowl. | 9. Pour melted butter over the macaroni, and mix. Add the egg whites and cheeses, excluding the 1/4 cup of Parmesan to be saved for the top. Mix. | 10. To Assemble: | 11. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 x 2.25 inch baking pan (or any pan close to these measurements). | 12. Layer half the macaroni on the bottom of the pan. | 13. Spread the meat sauce evenly over the macaroni. | 14. Layer the remaining half of macaroni over the meat sauce. | 15. Make the cream sauce *, and pour over all, allowing the sauce to seep through. Sprinkle the saved 1/4 cup of Parmesan over the cream sauce, and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until top begins to bubble, and cream topping is lightly golden brown. | 16. *For the Cream Sauce: | 17. Melt butter in saucepan. Add the flour. Blending with a wire whisk, simmer for 3 minutes. Do NOT brown. Add the milk,constantly whipping briskly. Simmer until the sauce is creamy, smooth, and thick. | 18. In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks. Add the hot cream sauce to the egg yolks, and beat constantly until well blended. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	1 1/2	1/2	ground lean	795.6018	0.0	156.8764	18.292
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
onion	2		chopped	88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
parsley	1/2	cup	chopped	10.8	1.899	0.8909999999999999	0.237
butter	4	tablespoons		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
rag pasta sauce tomato	1	cup		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	teaspoon		18.354	4.5908	0.0	0.0
macaroni noodle	11	ounces		926.1779	162.3462	40.8516	12.5673
butter	1/4	cup	melted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
egg white	4		beaten	68.64	0.9636	14.388	0.2244
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup		148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
feta cheese	1/4	cup		99.0	1.5338	5.3288	7.98
goat cheese	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup		148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
butter	1	cup		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
milk	4	cups		595.36	46.6528	30.744	31.9152
flour	6	tablespoons		216.855	47.477	3.5254	0.8414
egg yolk	8			437.92	4.8824	21.5696	36.0944
cinnamon	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

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