Pastitsio
Spring is here and although after my post about Spring on the 21st March, the temperature dropped suddenly and we had a very cold week, now spring is definitely here. Artichokes are native to the Mediterranean and appear during spring. Although during the past years we have all sorts of vegetables cultivated in green houses, [...]
It’s almost a week since we came back from our trip to Italy and was really busy to post as a lot of things had to be done after we returned. We had a great time and I wanted to share some of the shots from Rome. This was not an easy job having to [...]
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I have called this recipe Pastitsio the Greek way as opposed to the Makaronia tou Fournou, which is the one we make in Cyprus. Pastitsio is a layered Greek pasta casserole dish. There are variations throughout the regions of Greece with a few minor different spices but typically the bottom layer is bucatini or other [...]
