Greek Pastitsio - cooking recipe

Ingredients

750 g pasta, size 2
Meat Sauce
750 g minced meat
100 ml olive oil
1 cup beef stock
2 large onions, finely chopped
5 garlic cloves, crushed
2 fresh tomatoes, diced or 500 g tomato puree
4 tablespoons tomato paste
1 handful mixed herbs
3 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
pepper
Bechamel Sauce
1 cup olive oil
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1200 ml milk
2 eggs
1 cup mizithra cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg

Preparation

MEAT SAUCE
Saute Onions in Oil and add Minced Meat
Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer on low for 45 minute.
Remove Cinnamon Sticks.
BECHAMEL SAUCE.
Heat Oil, add Flour, stir and cook for 2 minutes.
Add Milk very gradually stirring all the time.
Remove from heat.
Cool a little and add eggs.
Then add Mitzithra and Nutmeg.
Place 1/2 the Macaroni into a dish and salt a little.
Add Minced Meat and then the rest of Macaroni.
Pour Bechamel Sauce on top.
Sprinkle with Mitzithra.
Bake at 180C for 45 minuits.