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YiayiaWatch Cooking Series Episode 9: Pastitsio
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YiayiaWatch Cooking Series Episode 9: Pastitsio



YiayiaWatch shares her cooking recipes with the next generation. Come join us as we make…Pastitsio!

ATTENTION: The recipe Yiayia uses is posted below but Yiayia herself DOES NOT follow it.
Pastitsio:
1 (12x18x2 inch) Baking Pan
1lb. Macaroni (Elbow or long pieces)
2 lb. Ground Beef
1cup Chopped Onion
1/4lb. Butter or margarine
1tsp. all spice (ground)
1/2 cup Tomato paste
1/2 cup Water
2 cups Grated Cheese (Romano)
Salt & Pepper
Cream Sauce (See Below)

Cream Sauce:
1/2 lb Butter or Margarine
10 Tbsp. Flour (or corn starch)
5 Cups Hot Milk
4 Eggs, well beaten
1 cup Grated Cheese

Pastitsio Recipe:
Brown onion in 4 Tablespoons butter. Add meat and brown until dry. Mix together water, tomato paste, allspice, salt, and pepper. Add to meat and simmer until liquid is absorbed. While Browning meat, cook macaroni as directed on package. Drain in colander. Melt 1/4 pound butter in pan used to boil macaroni. Add macaroni and mix to coat. Add 1 cup grated cheese; mixed together. Grease baking pan. Pour 1/2 of macaroni in pan. add meat, spreading over evenly. add remaining 1/2 of macaroni. Cover with Cream Sauce. Melt Butter in heavy pan. Add flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until slightly browned. Add hot milk to flour-butter mixture. Continue to stir until mixture thickens. Remove from fire. Trickle very slowly some of the cream mixture into eggs. Continue to mix to prevent curdling. Add cheese. Layer the cream sauce over macaroni. Bake in a 305F oven for 45 minutes or until brown. remove from oven. Cool for 30 minutes, then cut into desired serving pieces.

Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from www.videvo.net
Music by:
GreekMusic
The Bachelors of Music – The ̶L̶o̶s̶t̶ FREE Tapes – Mediterranean C7

27 Comments

  4. One Italia

    Why can't the camera lady just film the woman cooking? Let the cook say what she's doing. Camera Lady: STFU! Or YOU cook it. I will not subscribe.

  5. Iris Malis

    omg your yiayia is amazing, but please for the love of god, let her talk greek and put subtitles!

  7. Elisavet Palazzolo

    🇬🇷💚 Yiayia!!💚🇬🇷
    It's SO hard to find that kind of macaronatha but totally worth it!!
    Great channel! Amazing recipes! Love u guys!!💚

  10. CTB

    the person filming needs to keep her moth shut – very irritating she has no idea what the hell she is talking about – Her Grandmother is the cook not her ………….Damn irritating

  12. Maddie L

    please tell your yia yia i love her, and thank you. i miss mine so much! i wish i was old enough to have been able to learn from her. she passed when i was young and i found so many things i have such a passion for that she also did. Yiayia's are the best! Thank you for sharing her and her recipe with us

  17. vasili souris

    Ya sou yia yia. Measurements me to mati she is adorable thank you for sharing, reminds me of my yia yia and the great times I had cooking with her

  20. Karon Walker

    She is beyond precious, I am just a Southern (antique) girl in the USA. We have totally different recipes for all fried foods, cornbread, vegetables , casseroles & certainly deserts. It just depends on the region where you are from. I imagine the same for Greeks. I love this recipe & add cinnamon, nutmeg, Greek oregno, bay leaf to my version. I am vegetarian & adapt all recipes to my needs. I think that to accept all versions of a classic recipe is most respectful. I love her heritage & ways of preparing a dish for her loved ones. Heartwarming & admired. Thanks for sharing.

  27. Βικη Φραντζεσκου

    Συμπαθέστατη κυρία άλλα αφήστε τη να μιλήσει ελληνικά είναι Ελληνίδα προφανώς κόρη εγγονή της θα είστε και εσείς να μιλάτε ελληνικα το παστίτσιο με το my god δεν είναι καθόλου νόστιμο πιστέψτε με.

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