Pastitsio (Slow Cooker)
photo by dberger43_2000
- Ready In:
- 5hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 680.38 g ground beef
- 236.59 ml tomato sauce
- 4.92 ml salt
- 1.23 ml ground black pepper
- 2.46 ml dried oregano
- 4.92 ml ground allspice
- 2.46 ml ground cinnamon
- 226.79 g uncooked macaroni
- 4 eggs
- 177.44 ml milk
- 236.59 ml grated parmesan cheese
- 118.29 ml half-and-half
- 29.58 ml all-purpose flour
- 1.23 ml ground nutmeg
directions
- Saute onion and beef together in a skillet. Drain excess fat after the beef is browned.
- Add the tomato sauce, salt, pepper, oregano, allspice and cinnamon into the meat and onions. Set aside to cool.
- Beat together one egg and milk, and stir into the uncooked macaroni, along with 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese.
- Place the macaroni mix into a greased 5 qt slow cooker.
- Whisk one egg into the tomato-meat sauce. Pour it over the macaroni in the slow cooker.
- Combine the two remaining eggs, flour and half and half in a bowl and whisk together well, Add the remaining 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese and whisk again.
- Gently pour the half-and-half mixture over the tomato sauce layer, trying not to disturb it if possible. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
- Cover and cook on Low for 4 to 5 hours, until macaroni is soft and sauce is bubbling around the edges. (Not sure how to check the macaroni when it's the bottom, but that's what she wrote!).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
duonyte
United States
My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!