MACARONI BECHAMEL (MACARONA BECHAMEL)
Macaroni bechamel is a popular Egyptian dish made with spicy ground beef between layers of penne with béchamel.
Provided by Nita Ragoonanan
Categories Main Course
Time 1h55m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Cook the pasta in a large amount of water until they are cooked but firm. Drain and set aside.
- Add the oil into a Dutch oven and heat it. Brown the onions until they are translucent.
- Add the beef, chili powder, thyme, salt and pepper and cook for five minutes.
- Add the tomato puree and cook over medium low heat for 10 minutes.
- In a non-stick pan, melt the butter.
- Add the flour and whisk for a few seconds until obtaining a smooth consistency.
- Add the milk, thyme and nutmeg and whisk continuously until it becomes a smooth, thick mixture.
- Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
- Once the mixture is slightly warm, add the beaten egg and whisk quickly.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180˚C).
- Mix half the bechamel mixture in the pasta.
- Place half of the pasta covered with béchamel sauce in a baking dish.
- Spread the meat mixture over the pasta.
- Add the rest of the pasta to form the top layer.
- Pour and spread the remaining béchamel sauce on top of the last layer.
- Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until the top is golden.
MACARONI WITH BECHAMEL SAUCE AND GROUND MEAT
Make and share this Macaroni With Bechamel Sauce and Ground Meat recipe from Food.com.
Provided by nelly-habib
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Boil the macaroni in water and do not oil in the boiling water because we need the spaghetti to tangle; drain and set aside.
- Fry the chopped onion deeply in 1 tbs vegetable oil till it's brown, add the ground meat, till it's well done, season with salt and pepper then add the tbs of tomato paste; set aside.
- To make the bechamel:.
- Pour a considerable amount of oil/butter/margarine heat.
- Add the flour and mix with oil, stir till golden.
- Add one cup of the milk and water at a time, stirring constantly, so that the flour won't form lumps and the cube of broth. Keep stirring until the mixture thickens. Beat the egg and add to the mixture stirring constantly. When thickened enough, season and stir; set aside.
- Beat cream cheese with a tablespoon of water then add to the spaghetti and stir.
- In a Pyrex or Tefal dish, batter the dish with butter. In the base sprinkle 2 tbs of bechamel and one tbs of breadcrumbs.
- Put half the amount of pasta followed with the full amount of meat, then top with the rest of the pasta, layer with the whole amount of bechamel (it's important that this should be a big thick layer).
- Sprinkle with the mozzarella and cheddar mixture and bread crumbs.
- Put in medium heat oven till the tomato sauce from meat reaches the bottom spaghetti layer and cheese melts and becomes golden. This should take from from 30-40 minutes.
- Bon Appetit.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 893.9, Fat 52.7, SaturatedFat 29.9, Cholesterol 197.6, Sodium 604.1, Carbohydrate 71.4, Fiber 3, Sugar 2.9, Protein 32.9
EGYPTIAN MACARONI BECHAMEL
Steps:
- 1. Prepare pasta according to directions on the box.
- 2. Saute the onion in a little oil over med high heat until soft.
- 3. Add garlic and saute another 2 minutes.
- 4. Add the ground beef and brown.
- 5. Drain off the fat, return to the stove and add the parsley, thyme, and cinnamon until combined.
- 6. Stir in the can of tomato sauce and simmer over low heat about 10 minutes.
- 7. Remove from the heat and let it cool. Once it has cooled stir in the beaten egg. Set aside.
- BECHAMEL SAUCE:
- 8. In a large saucepan over med-high heat, melt the butter. Once melted whisk in the flour until smooth. Keep whisking for 2 minutes.
- 9. Now whisk in the milk slowly, until all the milk has been added. Keep whisking, making sure there are no lumps in it.
- 10. Add the salt and white and black peppers to taste.
- 11. Whisk constantly until the milk is almost boiling, but not quite. Add in the thyme and nutmeg. The sauce should now be fairly thick.
- 12. Quickly whisk in the beaten eggs. Remove from heat.
- ASSEMBLY:
- 13. Mix half the bechamel mixture into the pasta.
- 14. Put half the pasta covered with the sauce into an 8x11 baking dish.
- 15. Now layer the entire meat mixture over the pasta. Top with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.
- 16. Add the rest of the pasta to form the top layer.
- 17. Pour and spread the remaining bachamel sauce on top of the last layer.
- 18. Bake it in the oven at 400 degrees for 45-60 min or until the top is golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 g, Fat 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 g, Sodium 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 0 g
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