Pastitsio

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 ounces ziti pasta
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 15 ounces tomato sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3/4 cup parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta according to package directions; drain well.
• 2 meanwhile, cook lamb, onion, and garlic in a large skillet till the meat is brown.
• 3 drain fat from skillet.
• 4 stir in tomato sauce, oregano, cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoons pepper.
• 5 cook, covered, about 5 minutes or till heated through.
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 stir in the 3/4 cup parmesan cheese.
• 8 layer half the pasta in a 2 quart square baking dish.
• 9 top with meat mixture, then the remaining pasta.
• 10 for sauce, melt margarine in a small saucepan.
• 11 stir in flour and 1/8 tsp pepper till well blended.
• 12 add milk all at once.
• 13 cook and stir over medium heat till mixture is thickened and bubbly.
• 14 stir some of the mixture into the egg.
• 15 return egg mixture to saucepan.
• 16 cook and stir 2 minutes more.
• 17 stir in the 1/4 cup parmesn cheese.
• 18 pour sauce over the pasta layer.
• 19 bake, uncovered, in a 350 oven about 35 minutes or till heated through.
• 20 if desired, sprinkle with additional parmesan cheese.
• 21 let stand 10 minutes before serving.