Greek Macaroni With Meat Sauce Food

MAKARONIA ME KIMA RECIPE (GREEK STYLE SPAGHETTI IN MEAT SAUCE/BOLOGNESE)

Steps:

• To prepare this Greek style spaghetti with meat sauce recipe (Makaronia me kima), begin by preparing the meat sauce. Heat a large pan to medium-high heat and add the olive oil. Stir in the chopped onions and carrot and sauté, until softened and slightly coloured. Stir in the garlic, tomato paste and the mince breaking it up with a wooden spoon and sauté, until caramelized. Pour in the red wine and deglaze (wait to evaporate). Add the tinned tomatoes, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, bay leaf and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, turn the heat down and simmer with the lid on for about 30 minutes, until most of the juices have evaporated.
• Cook the spaghetti in salted boiling water according to package instructions. Drain the pasta in a collander and stir in 2tsp of olive oil.
• Tip over the drained pasta in the meat sauce pan and mix it so the sauce is evenly spread.
• Serve with grated cheese and a nice refreshing Greek feta salad and enjoy over a glass of wine!

GREEK MEAT PASTA (MAKARONIA ME KIMA)

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Transfer to a large bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir ground beef until browned, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, onion, water, tomato paste, cinnamon, sugar, cayenne, salt, and pepper; stir to combine. Simmer meat sauce over medium-low heat until flavors combine, 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Pour meat sauce over rotini; mix well. Pour half the pasta mixture into a casserole dish; sprinkle with half the Mizithra cheese and half the mozzarella cheese. Top with remaining pasta mixture; sprinkle remaining Mizithra cheese and mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bubbling, about 40 minutes.

GREEK MACARONI WITH MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large, deep skillet over medium high heat, warm oil.
• Add onions and garlic and saute till translucent (about 5 minutes).
• Add beef and brown well, breaking meat up as it cooks.
• Stir in cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, tomatoes, tomato paste and wine. Stir, reduce heat and simmer till thick and flavors are well blended (about 1 hour).
• Adjust seasonings.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add macaroni and cook according to package directions, or till just tender to the bite (15-20 minutes). Drain well. (the original recipe calls for 2 lbs of pasta - this sounded like a huge amount to me, so use your own judgement regarding your own family's tastes).
• Place half the macaroni on a large heated platter. Sprinkle generously with cheese. Place remaining macaroni on top and sprinkle again with cheese.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat till it foams and turns golden brown, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon so that it does not burn.
• Pour butter over macaroni then spoon some of the meat sauce over the top.
• Serve macaroni with remaining meat sauce in a bowl alongside. Pass additional cheese and serve immediately.

MACARONI WITH MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook and drain the macaroni and set aside.
• Spray the inside of a 4 qt cooking pot with nonstick spray and place over high heat.
• Add the onions, bell pepper, and celery; cook for 5 minutes, stirring to prevent burning.
• Add the beef and the next seven ingredients (stop after red pepper); cook for 15 minutes, stirring often.
• Stir in the beef stock, tomato paste. and tomatoes.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often.
• Add the macaroni and cook for 8 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes if it's too soupy.

GREEK PASTA AND BEEF

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in the tomato sauce, water and seasonings. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. , Drain macaroni and place in a large bowl. Stir in egg and cheese; set aside. , For sauce, in a large saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour and cinnamon until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot mixture into eggs; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Stir in cheese. , In a greased 3-qt. baking dish, spread half of the macaroni mixture. Top with beef mixture and remaining macaroni mixture. Pour sauce over the top. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

GREEK MACARONI & HAMBURGER CASSEROLE (MAKARONIA PHOURNISTA)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Put water, salt, olive oil and in a large pot and bring to a boil.
• Add macaroni, cook until well done (9-10 minutes), and drain.
• Melt butter in sauce pan, add tomato paste, stir and mix well.
• Add sugar, salt, cinnamon, oregano, orange rind, orange juice, bay leaves, and cloves, and stir well.
• Continue stirring while slowly adding warm water.
• Cover and simmer until only 2/3 of the liquid remains.
• Season beef with salt and pepper, and sauté in olive oil until meat is dry, breaking up meat while browning, so it will not be lumpy when done (8-10 minutes).
• Add onions and garlic and continue to sauté until onion is yellow (3-5 minutes).
• Pour wine over this mixture, stir well, cover tightly, and set aside.
• When only 2/3 of the liquid remains in the tomato sauce, add the ground beef mixture.
• Continue to simmer covered until sauce is thickened.
• Keep hot.
• Put layers in a baking pan in the following order: (1) macaroni (2) meat sauce (3) kephalotiri cheese.
• Keep layering until everything is used up, with the last layer being the meat/tomato sauce.
• Cover the top layer with a single layer of kaseri cheese.
• Bake until the Kasseri is melted (2-3 minutes).
• Serve hot.

MEAT AND MACARONI PIE - PASTITSIO

Steps:

• Toss pasta with 1 tablespoon oil and garlic powder.
• In a large frying pan, sauté the onion and garlic in a 1 tablespoon of oil. Add the meat and brown.
• Add the tomatoes ,tomato sauce, salt, pepper, oregano and parsley. Simmer until cooked through and the mixture has the consistency of a sauce.
• Using a greased oven proof dish, layer the cooked spaghetti and the meat mixture in the dish.
• Heat the butter, flour in microwave oven to make a paste about 30 seconds.
• Whisk eggs into milk. Add to roux and whisk to mix together. Micro 2 minutes. Whisk and micro 2 more minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Stir in grated cheddar cheese. Pour over the casserole. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese on top.
• Bake for 45 minutes at 350°F.

GREEK MACARONI BAKE

Steps:

• Brown beef and onions. Drain fat. Stir in next 3 ingredients. Set aside.
• In med. saucepan, combine next 2 ingredients. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over med. heat until mixture thickens (DO NOT BOIL).
• Beat next 3 ingredients. Gradually stir in sauce. Add macaroni. Spoon 1/2 macaroni mixture into 2-quart casserole dish. Cover with meat mixture and top with remaining macaroni.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.