Pastitsio

I thought this was a perfect recipe for a cold autumn night, except the weather wasn't cold at all :)). Nevertheless, we enjoyed it immensely :D

 

For the tomato meat sauce:

• 3 tablespoons good olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion (1 large)
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 pound lean ground lamb
• 1/2 cup dry red wine
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic (3 large cloves)
• 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• Pinch of cayenne pepper
• 1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes in puree
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the bechamel sauce:

• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan
  
• 2 extra-large eggs, beaten
• 2/3 cup Greek-style yogurt
• 3/4 pound small shells (I used orechiette)

Lemon Yogurt Vanilla Pie

This is a ridiculously simple recipe, with ingredients that you most likely have in your fridge and pantry right now, but the result is absolutely delicious!

What I used for the pie:

- 8 sheets phyllo dough
- 5 eggs
- 500 gr Greek yogurt
- 125 gr sugar
- raisins
- the zest from one lemon
- vanilla extract to taste

Mix the sugar, lemon zest, vanilla extract and eggs together.