| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Meats, Dairy, Eggs |
Greek |
Beef, Lhj, Casseroles |
8 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
|
|
**White Sauce** |
| 4 |
c |
Milk |
| 1/4 |
c |
Butter or margarine |
| 2/3 |
c |
All-purpose flour |
| 1/2 |
|
Bay leaf |
| 1 |
ts |
Salt |
| 1/3 |
c |
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese |
|
|
REST: : |
| 6 |
c |
Eggplant; finely diced |
| 2 |
ts |
Salt; divided |
| 1 |
tb |
Olive oil; (plus one 1 tsp more) |
| 1 |
c |
Onions; finely chopped |
| 2 |
ts |
Minced garlic |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Cinnamon |
| 1 |
pn |
Ground red pepper |
| 1 |
lb |
Lean ground beef |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Dried mint flakes |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Freshly ground pepper |
| 1/4 |
c |
Tomato paste |
| 1 |
cn |
(28-oz) tomatoes |
| 1/3 |
c |
Fresh flat-leaf parsley; chopped |
| 1 |
pk |
(16-oz) ziti pasta; cook according to pk |
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Make White Sauce: Bring milk to boil in medium saucepan over high heat.
Melt butter in large, heavy saucepan over medium heat Add flour and cook,
whisking, 1 minute. Gradually whisk in milk, bay leaf and salt; bring to
boil, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring, 10 minutes. Remove from
heat. Discard bay leaf and stir in Parmesan.
2. Toss eggplant with 1 teaspoon salt; drain in colander 30 minutes. Pat
dry. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add
eggplant and cook, stirring, until tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to skillet. Add
onions and cook until tender, 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, cinnamon and red
pepper; cook 15 seconds. Add meat, mint, remaining 1 teaspoon and teaspoon
salt and the pepper; cook, stirring, until meat is no longer pink. Add
tomato paste and tomatoes, breaking up tomatoes with spoon. Add eggplant
and bring to simmer; simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in
parsley.
4. Transfer cooked ziti to large bowl and stir in 1 cup White Sauce. Spread
half the ziti in bottom of deep 5-quart casserole. Spoon on filling, then
remaining ziti and White Sauce. Bake uncovered 25 to 35 minutes, until
bubbly and browned.
Per serving: 339 Calories; 22g Fat (58% calories from fat); 16g Protein;
20g Carbohydrate; 74mg Cholesterol; 1039mg Sodium
NOTES : We combined the flavors of our favorite Greek specialties-moussaka
and pastitsio--to create a new classic.
Recipe by: LHJ
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Lisa Minor <lisa@cybermill.com> on Feb 4,
1998
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