Pleasing Pastitso

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 quart hot milk
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 eggs
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 dash cinnamon
• 1 dash nutmeg
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 lb elbow macaroni
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• grated cheese, of your choice

Recipe

• 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.