Pastitsio Greek Pasta Bake | The Good Stuff with Mary Berg

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey offers lower fat content while ground pork is often less expensive.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is a dairy-free alternative, while processed cheese can be more budget-friendly.

Brown ground lamb in a pan, then season with salt and black pepper.

Remove lamb to a bowl and cook diced onion and garlic in the same pan.

Add bay leaf, dried oregano, ground cinnamon, ground clove, and ground allspice to the pan.

Stir in tomato paste and cook down.

Deglaze the pan with dry white wine.

Add beef broth and strained tomatoes back into the pan with the lamb.

Simmer the mixture for 45 minutes to an hour.

In a separate pan, cook butter and flour together to create a roux.

Slowly add whole milk to the roux until thickened, then stir in nutmeg and cooked butternut squash.

Blend the squash into the sauce and add egg yolks for richness.

Cook bukitini pasta until just before al dente, then toss with reserved egg whites.

Spray a casserole dish and add Italian breadcrumbs to the bottom.

Layer the noodles in the casserole dish.

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