Greek Pasta Bake Recipes

Ingredients :

15ml oil

450g minced lamb

1 onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, crushed

30ml tomato purée

25g plain flour

300ml lamb stock

2 large tomatoes

115g pasta shapes

450g Greek yogurt

2 eggs

salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 375F, Gas 5.

2. Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the lamb for 5 minutes.

3. Add the onion and garlic and continue to fry for a further 5 minutes.

4. Stir in the tomato purée and flour.

5. Cook for 1 minute.

6. Stir in the stock and season to taste.

7. Bring to the boil and cook for 20 minutes.

8. Slice the tomatoes, place the meat in an ovenproof dish and arrange the tomatoes on top.

9. Cook the pasta shapes in boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes or until al dente.

10. Drain well.

11. Mix together the pasta, yogurt and eggs.

12. Spoon on top of the tomatoes and cook in the preheated oven for 1 hour.

13. Serve with a crisp salad.

Another excellent main meal (called Pastitsio in Greece) this recipe is both economical and filling.

Serves 4 - 6

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