Green Pastitsio

Ingredients

• *Available online or at specialty markets
• 1 cup freshly shredded or grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
• 1 brick Greek feta in water, drained, about 1 cup crumbled feta
• Freshly grated nutmeg
• 3 cups milk
• 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons butter
• + 11 more ingredients
• • Freshly ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley leaves
  • ¼ cup fresh mint leaves
  • ¼ cup fresh dill leaves
  • 1 bunch scallions, trimmed and chopped
  • 1 large or 2 medium bundles chard, stemmed and chopped
  • 1 large or 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, sliced or chopped
  • ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 pound ziti or long, hollow pasta tubes (recommended: Buon Italia or Greek macaroni #2*)
  • Salt

Pastitsio is a Greek baked pasta dish traditionally made with ground lamb or beef, often with bits of spiced or cured meat mixed in, this is a healthy Greek alternative to Lasagne Bolognese. Here, I use an equally traditional phyllo tart filling and use it to lighten up the end result, though it ...

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