Steps to Prepare Quick Pasta Pie (Makaronopita)

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This pie is a speciality of the Agrinio region, which is towards the north west of the Greek mainland. The pasta that is used is the same as that used for Pastichio. Here's an absolutely delicious and easy recipe for Greek meat sauce & pasta pie aka makaronopita me kima. All the great flavours of traditional Greek meat.

Pasta Pie (Makaronopita) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Pasta Pie (Makaronopita) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pasta pie (makaronopita) using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pasta Pie (Makaronopita):

1. Make ready Pasta
2. Prepare Yogurt (if you can find Greek Yogurt it works better)
3. Get Red bell Peppers (pepper of your chose chopped in cubes)
4. Take Phyllo dough
5. Make ready Carrots (chopped in cubes)
6. Make ready small onions diced
7. Take medium size eggs
8. Get Zucchinis (chopped into cubes)
9. Take cheese (preferably salted)
10. Prepare Tomato sauce (homemade or store bought)
11. Take Olive Oil
12. Prepare Salt

Brush the top of the pie with the remaining butter/oil mixture. Score the top of the pie into portions (don't cut right through). Boil the pasta in plenty of salted water. Drain and place it in a baking dish in which you have browned a little butter.

Steps to make Pasta Pie (Makaronopita):

1. In a large frying pan saute the vegetables with Olive Oil. Saute until the vegetables are soft about 10 minutes on low heat. Once that is done add salt and set aside to add into the pasta later.
2. I used small pasta for this recipe.
3. Boil Pasta in salted water.
4. In a large bowl add in the Pasta and the Yogurt mix until nicely blended. Add the cheese, vegetables, and tomato sauce, eggs and mix.
5. Oil brush the baking pan and place 5 pieces of Phyllo dough, oil brush the top phyllo dough Continue by placing another 5 pieces of dough and oil brush.
6. Add in the Pasta mix.
7. Continue by placing and folding inwards the rest of the 5 pieces of Phyllo dough and oil brush. (You can use as many pieces of dough as you like)
8. Oil brush the top piece, and beat 1 egg and brush so that you can get a crispy taste. Slant slice with a knife from top to bottom. Pre-heat oven 180 degrees and bake for 1 hr. 🙂 Kali Orexi!!! 🙂

Boil the pasta in plenty of salted water. Drain and place it in a baking dish in which you have browned a little butter. Hailing from the centre of the country, makaronopita is a savoury Greek pie with a Fillo Pastry exterior, filled with macaroni pasta. Macaroni pie is a casserole dish based on baked macaroni and cheese. Primary ingredients include elbow macaroni, cheese and milk.

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