Pastitsio - Zorbabook - Authentic experiences in Greece

Ingredients

• 1 cup olive oil extra virgin (EVOO)
• 4 medium onions finely chopped (See ‘Key Points’ below)
• 4 cloves garlic finely chopped
• 1.2 kg beef mince full fat
• 1.2 kg canned diced tomato puréed
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 bunch parsley finely chopped
• 2 large sticks cinnamon
• 4 bay leaves
• 2 nutmegs whole
• 8 cloves whole
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1-1.2 kg casarecce pasta – boiled to just before ‘al dente’ and cooled
• ¼ cup olive oil extra virgin (EVOO)
• 2 egg whites beaten till frothy
• 200 g grated kefalotyri
• 2 litres milk full-cream
• 2 whole eggs
• 2 egg yolks (left over from the pasta preparation)
• 225 g plain flour sifted
• 100 g salted butter
• 300 g kefalotyri finely grated
• 100 g kefalotyri grated
• olive oil extra virgin (EVOO)