Rick Stein Pastitsio | Baked Beef Macaroni Pasta Dish

Ingredients

• 500g tubular pasta, such as rigatoni, penne or tortiglioni
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 50g Greek kefalotiri cheese or Parmesan cheese, finely grated
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 10g fresh white breadcrumbs
• 115g butter
• 115g plain flour
• 1.2 ltr whole milk, plus a little extra
• ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 celery sticks, finely chopped
• 1kg lean beef mince
• 200ml red wine
• 400g tin chopped tomatoes
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 10cm cinnamon stick
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• 1 tbsp dried oregano, Greek if possible
• 2 tbsp fresh chopped oregano
• 3 fresh bay leaves
• salt and black pepper