Pasticcio

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Ingredients:

450g Lasagne Noodles
450g Minced Steak
110g Butter
2 Medium Onions (Finely Chopped)
1 Medium Tomato (Peeled & Chopped)
¾ Cup Cheese (Grated)

Ingredients for Cream Sauce:

55g Butter
3 Tablespoons Flour
550ml Milk
3 Tablespoons Cream
Salt & Pepper

Method for Cream Sauce

1. Melt butter in pan and blend in flour and cook gently for 2 minutes.
2. Add milk gradually, stirring over a low heat until boiling.
3. Add cream while stirring.
4. Season to taste with salt and pepper

Method

1. Cook Lasagne noodles in boiling salted water until tender. Then drain.
2. Melt butter in pan and add onions and minced steak and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Add tomato.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste
5. Cook over low heat until meat is tender (cover pan if mixture is too dry).
6. Blend with ½ cup of the grated cheese.
7. Place ½ the cooked Lasagne in a greased casserole then cover with meat mix.
8. Cover the meat mix with the raining ½ of the cooked Lasagne.
9. Blend Cream Sauce with beaten egg and remaining grated cheese.
10. Season with salt and pepper and pour over Lasagne
11. Bake in a moderate oven for 40-50 minutes or until top is nicely browned.

Serve your Pasticcio hot for dinner with a dark red wine. This dish can be traced back to the 16th century as a pie containing meat and pasta. Serves 6.