vegan
pasta
We love tradition🇨🇾 Created the ultimate vegan “Makaronia tou Fournou” well known as “Pastitsio” using the spectacular plant-based minced meat of @movingmountainsfoods
Their plant-based minced meat provides the same meaty taste and texture and you can easily use it when creating your favourite dishes!
Minced Meat Sauce:
2 Packs MovingMountains minced meat
2 Medium sized finely chopped onions
2tbsp Tomato paste
2 tbs dried mint
1 cup of finely chopped parsley
Salt, pepper (to taste)
Olive oil for the pan
Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat and add the olive oil, minced meat, chopped onions and sautée for 2-3 minutes, add your dry mint, salt, pepper and tomato paste. Break up the meat with your spoon and allow it to brown. Allow the minced meat to cook, after that mix in the parsley and set aside.
Pasta:
1 pack of pasta for pastitio (you may also use Penne)
1 cube of vegetable stock
Boiling water
Pinch of salt
1 tbsp Dry mint
Olive Oil
Cook the pasta as per packet instructions but reduce the cooking time by a couple of minutes. Drain the water, add the dry mint drizzle a bit of olive oil and mix.
Bechamel Sauce:
5 cups soya milk
5 tbsp vegan butter
5 tbsp all purpose flour
200g vegan cheddar cheese
Salt, Pepper, nutmeg (to taste)
In a pot over low heat, add your butter and allow it to completely melt. Stir in the flour gradually using a whisk. Once it is well combine, slowly add a cup of milk stirring well with the whisk. Repeat the process by adding another cup of the milk and letting the bechamel thicken each time before pouring more. Keep stirring so that there are no lumps formed. Continue the process until all the milk is finished then stir in the vegan cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Assemble:
On a medium baking tray start assembling the layers by adding half the pasta at the bottom and pour some bechamel sauce and mix. Spread the minced meat mixture on top of the pasta. Add the other half of pasta and then carefully pour the bechamel sauce all over the top. Spread some vegan parmezan (optional) and bake for approximately 45 minutes at 175c. Allow it to cool down before serving!
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