Greek Chicken Pasta Bake
1 hour 20 minutes
This dish is called pastitsio in Greece. It is similar to lasagne but uses tubular pasta instead of sheets of pasta. Serve with a salad to cut the richness.
1 person made this
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 500g chicken mince
- 2 cups tomatoes, diced
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- salt and pepper, to taste
- pinch allspice
- pinch ground cloves
- 200g penne or ditalini
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup Parmesan
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:1hour ›
Ready in:1hour20min
- Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add onion and garlic and cook until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in mince, tomatoes, cinnamon, salt, pepper, allspice and cloves. Simmer 20 minutes or until thick.
- Cook pasta according to the directions and drain. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Whisk in the flour until well combined. Whisk in the milk until smooth. Simmer 5 minutes.
- Spoon 1/4 cup of the sauce into a square baking dish. Add half the pasta, then half the chicken mixture and sprinkle with half the Parmesan. Top with remaining pasta, chicken and white sauce. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan.
- Bake 35 minutes or until top is golden brown.
