Greek Macaroni Hamburger Casserole Makaronia Phournista
Macaroni layered with a homemade meat sauce and greek cheeses.
Steps
Preheat oven to 350f.
Put water , salt , olive oil and in a large pot and bring to a boil.
Add macaroni , cook until well done , and drain.
Melt butter in sauce pan , add tomato paste , stir and mix well.
Add sugar , salt , cinnamon , oregano , orange rind , orange juice , bay leaves , and cloves , and stir well.
Continue stirring while slowly adding warm water.
Cover and simmer until only 2 / 3 of the liquid remains.
Season beef with salt and pepper , and saut in olive oil until meat is dry , breaking up meat while browning , so it will not be lumpy when done.
Add onions and garlic and continue to saut until onion is yellow.
Pour wine over this mixture , stir well , cover tightly , and set aside.
When only 2 / 3 of the liquid remains in the tomato sauce , add the ground beef mixture.
Continue to simmer covered until sauce is thickened.
Keep hot.
Put layers in a baking pan in the following order: macaroni meat sauce kephalotiri cheese.
Keep layering until everything is .
Ingredients
water, salt, olive oil, elbow macaroni, butter, tomato paste, sugar, ground cinnamon, oregano, orange rind, fresh orange juice, bay leaves, ground cloves, warm water, ground beef, pepper, onion, garlic cloves, red wine, kefalotiri, kasseri cheese