How to Cook Appetizing Greek Pasta Casserole

Greek Pasta Casserole. A pasta casserole made with red sauce, ground beef, onions, bell pepper, pepperoni, and cheese. These pasta casserole recipes are perfect for any night of the week. My mother used to work so hard in the kitchen to make this classic Greek dish, and the results were always well worth her effort.

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. The Greek-style Pasta Casserole recipe out of our category Cooking! You can have Greek Pasta Casserole using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Greek Pasta Casserole

1. Prepare 500 grams of corkscrew or bowtie pasta.
2. You need 1/2 lb of baby spinach, washed and dried.
3. Prepare 1 pints of cherry tomatoes, cut into halves.
4. You need 1/2 large of onion, chopped.
5. It's 1 of red pepper, chopped (optional).
6. Prepare 400 grams of feta cheese, cut into bite-sized cubes.
7. You need of Dressing.
8. Prepare 3/4 cup of oil (1/2 canola, 1/2 extra virgin olive oil).
9. You need 1/3 cup of red wine vinegar.
10. Prepare 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
11. It's 4 clove of garlic, minced.
12. Prepare 1 dash of pepper.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
14. You need 1 tbsp of oregano.

If you like olives, feta, tomatoes and pasta, then you'll love this comfort food! A twist on my baked ziti recipe. 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).

Greek Pasta Casserole instructions

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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