Makaronia Se Forma Me Kima(Macaroni & Hamb.

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MAKARONIA SE FORMA ME KIMA (MACARONI & HAMB.

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Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Main Dish Pasta
Greek

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 pound Coarse ground meat
1 each Onion -- chopped
6 tablespoons Butter
1/2 pound Tomatoes, peeled -- strained OR
1 tablespoon Tomato paste diluted with:
1 cup Water
Salt & pepper to taste
1/2 pound Thick macaroni
2 each Egg whites
1 cup Parmesan cheese -- grated
4 each Sheets of Phyllo pastry
Melted butter
-----BECHAMEL SAUCE-----
8 tablespoons Butter
10 tablespoons Flour
4 cups Hot milk
2 each Egg yolks -- lightly beaten
Salt & pepper to taste

Brown meat and onion with 3 tbs. of the butter, breaking up the meat with a
wooden spoon during the process. Add tomatoes (or paste w/water) and seasoning,
and cook over low heat for abt. 20 min., or until the luquid is absorbed.
Meanwhile, cook macaroni as directed; drain. Brown remaining butter in another
pan and pour it over macaroni. Beat egg whites lightly and add.

Prepare the bechamel, melt the butter and add the flour slowly to it,
blending in well. Add hot milk, stirring it in rapidly with a clean wooden
spoon until the sauce thickens.. Remove the sauce from heat; blend in egg
yolks. Pour over macaroni. Sprinkle with cheese.

Butter a round cake pan and spread 2 phyllo sheets into it (let sheets extend
over the pan; do not trim).
Brush with melted butter. Spread half the macaroni on the phyllo, top with the
chopped meat; add the rest of the macaroni, and fold edges of the phyllo up
over it.
Use the 2 remaining phyllo sheets for the top: butter each and trim to fit the
pan. Bake in preheated oven at 375 F. for abt. 20 min., or until golden brown.
Cool; turn out onto a platter.

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