Pastitsio (Pastizzio) Soup

Submitted by potroast

"This is a cheese based soup with ground beef, onions, pasta and black olives. I had the soup in a local restaurant, looked everywhere for the recipe and finally tried to make it on my own. Hope you like it."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 8 cups
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 7 1⁄2 cups milk
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 8 tablespoons flour
• 1 medium onion
• 1 lb ground beef (can substitute cooked ham)
• 1 cup dry macaroni noodles (can substitute cooked cubed potatoes)
• 4 cups parmesan cheese (shredded)
• 1 1⁄2 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded)
• 1⁄2 cup sliced black olives
• salt
• pepper

directions

1. Brown hamburger in skillet, drain.
2. Cook macaroni until almost done, drain.
3. Set aside hamburger and macaroni.
4. Scald milk in medium large pot. Remove from heat.
5. While milk is scalding, melt butter in a skillet, add flour, cook until light brown. Remove from heat.
6. Gradually pour scalded milk into flour mixture, whisking as you pour.
7. Once you get about half the milk in the flour mixture start to pour the flour/milk mixture in to the milk left in the pot. Whisk as you pour to prevent lumps.
8. Turn heat on medium low, add the remaining ingredients, salt and pepper to taste. Simmer the soup for 1 hr to thicken and finish cooking the pasta.