🇪🇬 Egypt cuisine · #10

Macarona Béchamel

Macarona Béchamel
Time75 min
Serves8
Ingredients10

Baked penne layered with tomato-spiced minced meat and blanketed in thick béchamel until golden.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Par-boil the pasta.
  2. Soften the onion, brown the meat, add the paste and seasoning.
  3. For the béchamel, melt butter, stir in flour for a minute, whisk in milk gradually until thick; season with salt and nutmeg.
  4. Toss the pasta with a quarter of the sauce and the egg.
  5. Layer half the pasta, the meat, the rest of the pasta, then the béchamel.
  6. Bake at 200°C for 30 minutes.