Lefteris Soultatos’ Beef Cheek Pastitsio

Ingredients

• 1kg beef cheeks, cleaned
• 200g onions, finely chopped
• 100g carrots, cut into small cubes
• 100g celery, cut into small cubes
• 100g leeks, chopped
• 1 sprig of thyme
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• 1 bay leaf
• 30ml white dry wine
• 20g ginger, sliced
• 20g tomato pulp
• 200g demi-glacé
• chicken broth
• Salt/pepper
• 40g olive oil
• 50g flour
• 50g butter
• 1L milk
• Salt/white pepper
• 200g cooked pasta
• 20g butter
• 60g meat with sauce
• 20g chicken broth
• whole nutmeg
• parmesan
• salt