Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, greek pasta casserole. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pastitsio is a world-famous Greek pasta casserole that you can find around the entire country. It is also known under the name of "Greek lasagna" because this Greek recipe is very similar to the Italian. Casserole season is here and I couldn't be happier!
Greek Pasta Casserole is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Greek Pasta Casserole is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek pasta casserole using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Pasta Casserole:
- Take 500 grams corkscrew or bowtie pasta
- Make ready 1/2 lb baby spinach, washed and dried
- Prepare 1 pints cherry tomatoes, cut into halves
- Take 1/2 large onion, chopped
- Make ready 1 red pepper, chopped (optional)
- Get 400 grams feta cheese, cut into bite-sized cubes
- Get Dressing
- Make ready 3/4 cup oil (1/2 canola, 1/2 extra virgin olive oil)
- Take 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
- Get 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Make ready 4 clove garlic, minced
- Take 1 dash pepper
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 tbsp oregano
While the meat is simmering, boil the pasta in salted water, till almost aldente ( it will cook further in the oven). Pastitsio is a layered Greek pasta casserole dish, made with tubular pasta, meat sauce and topped with bechamel sauce. In many parts of Greece and Cyprus, Pastitsio is also called "Makaronia tou. Reviews for: Photos of Greek Chicken Pasta.
Steps to make Greek Pasta Casserole:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Boil pasta al dante according to package directions.
- As the pasta is boiling, prepare dressing. I just add the ingredients into a large measuring cup.
- Add the onion, red pepper and cut cherry tomatoes into a large saucepan. Add approximately 1/3 of the dressing (it acts as the oil). Cook on medium heat until onions are translucent, stirring occasionally.
- Add another 1/3 of the dressing into the pan. Add the spinach. I add the spinach a handful at a time until it wilts, otherwise it might not all fir into the pan at once.
- Once all the spinach has wilted, mix the contents of the pan with the cooked pasta in a large casserole dish. Add the remaining dressing and the feta cheese. Mix well.
- Bake covered for 20-30 minutes.
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