Pastiche(Greek) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. hamburg
1 large onion
2 qt. milk
1/4 lb. butter (1 stick)
1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt and pepper
1 can (small) tomato sauce
1 lb. elbow macaroni
1 doz. eggs
3/4 to 1 lb. grated Romano cheese

Preparation

Brown the hamburg.
Saute the onion and simmer together for a short time.
Add salt, pepper, cinnamon and tomato sauce.
Simmer about 20 minutes.
Cook the macaroni.
Strain macaroni and add a little butter to keep from sticking.
Melt butter.
Add flour and milk; heat.
Beat 12 eggs well and fold into milk.
Add the cheese. Add egg and milk mixture to macaroni.
Fold in.
Put layer of macaroni mixture on bottom of large 11 x 16-inch pan.
Add hamburg mixture on top and end with top layer.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1/2 hour, then at 300\u00b0 for 1/2 hour or golden on top.
Preparation time:
30 minutes.
Total cooking time:
1 hour.