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Pastitsio with vegetables by Argyro - Awesome. Steps Sauté all the vegetables, finely chopped, in the olive oil until they are nicely tender. Remove the clove of garlic ten minutes later and add a little oregano. Put the second layer of lasagna sheets, cover with a layer of tomato sauce and a layer of vegetables, adding the cheese at the end.

Make a layer of vegetables and cheese, we keep a little bit of kefalotyri cheese on the surface. Drizzle the vegetables with the tomato sauce. In the end we put the remaining pasta, cover with mushroom cream and sprinkle with the remaining kefalotyri cheese. You can have Pastitsio with vegetables by Argyro - Awesome using 21 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pastitsio with vegetables by Argyro - Awesome

1. It's of lasagna, I used 500 g rigatoni.
2. It's of colored peppers -not green- I used yellow, orange and red.
3. Prepare of eggplants.
4. Prepare of zucchinis.
5. Prepare of olive oil.
6. You need of 1/2 cups graviera (Greek traditional hard cheese) or kasseri ( Greek traditional medium-hard pale yellow cheese).
7. It's of a cup of kefalotyri (Greek traditional hard salty yellow cheese).
8. It's of For the sauce.
9. It's of tomato coarsely chopped.
10. It's of garlic.
11. Prepare of olive oil.
12. You need of salt.
13. You need of pepper.
14. You need of parsley and a little oregano.
15. Prepare of For the béchamel sauce.
16. Prepare of butter or olive oil.
17. Prepare of a leek, finely chopped.
18. It's of full tbsp flour.
19. Prepare of tepid milk.
20. It's of a cup kefalotyri.
21. You need of salt.

Pastitsio is a hearty Greek casserole consisting of layered pasta, ground lamb or beef with tomato sauce, and a topping of cream or custard. This vegetable version, with sauteed cubes of eggplant. (Skip to Recipe) What makes this Pasticcio Recipe Authentic? Greek restaurants all over the world prepare Pasticcio (also known as Pastitsio or Pastichio). Not surprisingly, families and taverns all over Greece also make it.

Pastitsio with vegetables by Argyro - Awesome instructions

1. Sauté all the vegetables, finely chopped, in the olive oil until they are nicely tender..
2. Boil the sauce for about 10 minutes with the oil, the salt, pepper and the clove of garlic that you add whole to simply let out its flavor..
3. Remove the clove of garlic ten minutes later and add a little oregano..
4. Spread plenty of sauce on the baking tray, then the pasta, unboiled, then the vegetables and finally the cheeses..
5. Do this twice, to make two layers in the same order..
6. Prepare the béchamel saucesauté the finely chopped leek in the butter or olive oil until tender..
7. Then add the flour and mix constantly so that it cooks nicely..
8. Remove the pot from heat and add the tepid water gradually mixing well so that the sauce thickens and doesn't get any lumps..
9. When you have added all the milk boil it for a while to thicken but not too much, then add the kefalotyri and after you have stirred it for a while so that the cheese is incorporated, pour it over the last layer of the baking tray making sure it is evenly distributed..
10. Bake at 200°C without the fan for about an hour, depending on your oven. I baked it for an hour and a quarter because I chopped my vegetables into slightly larger pieces. It is divine!.

Most families follow a recipe passed on to them by a dear family member and then adjusted over time to satisfy personal taste. My recipe for pastitsio is easier, a bit lighter and every bit as great as Mom's.—Nikki Tsangaris, Westfield, Indiana. My mother used to work so hard in the kitchen to make this classic Greek dish, and the results were always well worth her effort. My recipe for pastitsio is easier, a bit lighter and every bit as great as Mom's.—Nikki. Place a pan over high heat.