Greek Pasta Casserole
Greek Pasta Casserole

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, greek pasta casserole. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Greek Pasta Casserole is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Greek Pasta Casserole is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

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!

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have greek pasta casserole using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Pasta Casserole:
  1. Take 500 grams corkscrew or bowtie pasta
  2. Prepare 1/2 lb baby spinach, washed and dried
  3. Make ready 1 pints cherry tomatoes, cut into halves
  4. Make ready 1/2 large onion, chopped
  5. Take 1 red pepper, chopped (optional)
  6. Make ready 400 grams feta cheese, cut into bite-sized cubes
  7. Make ready Dressing
  8. Take 3/4 cup oil (1/2 canola, 1/2 extra virgin olive oil)
  9. Make ready 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
  10. Make ready 2 tbsp lemon juice
  11. Get 4 clove garlic, minced
  12. Make ready 1 dash pepper
  13. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  14. Take 1 tbsp oregano

How to Make Greek Pasta Casserole "Pastichio". 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.

Instructions to make Greek Pasta Casserole:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Boil pasta al dante according to package directions.
  3. As the pasta is boiling, prepare dressing. I just add the ingredients into a large measuring cup.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Bake covered for 20-30 minutes.

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