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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Melt first 4 TBSP butter in saucepan. Add flour and cook, stirring until mixture is golden. Gradually stir in hot milk; continue stirring until sauce is smooth and thick. Add salt and pepper, and set aside to cool. | 2. When partly cooled, stir in lightly beaten eggs (3). | 3. In large pan, saute onion in 2 TBSP butter until golden. | 4. Add meat and cook, stirring until meat is browned. Add cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste. Add water and tomato paste and cook for five minutes. Set aside. | 5. Cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain and rinse. | 6. When pasta is lukewarm, mix well with eggs and 1/2 TBSP salt. | 7. Put half macaroni mixture in buttered 9x13x2 inch pan. Sprinkle generously with grated cheese. | 8. Add meat mixture and sprinkle with grated cheese. | 9. Add remaining macaroni and sprinkle again with cheese. | 10. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. | 11. Remove from over and top with cream sauce, sprinkle with cheese and bake for 30 minutes longer or until golden brown. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	4	tablespoons		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
flour	1/2	cup		289.14	63.3027	4.7005	1.1218
milk	1	quart		595.36	46.6528	30.744	31.9152
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
onion	2		chopped	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
butter	2	tablespoons		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
beef	2		ground lean	1060.8024	0.0	209.1685	24.3894
cinnamon	1	dash		-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1	dash		-	-	-	-
salt pepper				403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato paste	2	tablespoons		26.24	6.0512	1.3824	0.1504
elbow macaroni	1	lb		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
egg	3		beaten	214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
salt	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
cheese			grated	-	-	-	-

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