serves 16
You might need to buy:
  • Ingredients
  • Bechamel:
  • * 1 stick butter
  • * 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • * 8 cups milk
  • * Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • * Freshly grated nutmeg
  • *
  • Mushroom Mixture:
  • * 1 tablespoon oil
  • * 1 teaspoon dried thyme or fresh thyme leaves
  • * 1/2 cup amontillado sherry
  • * Salt
  • * 3 pounds rigatoni or other big pasta of choice
  • *
Belongs to kylerhea Pastitsio 
You might need to buy:
  • For the Tomato Meat Sauce:
  • good olive oil
  • lean ground beef
  • lean ground lamb
  • dry red wine
  • ground cinnamon
  • dried oregano
  • fresh thyme leaves
  • cayenne pepper
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • For the Bechamel:
  • whole milk
  • heavy cream
  • all-purpose flour
  • freshly grated nutmeg
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • freshly grated Parmesan or Kasseri cheese
  • small shells
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • * 2 to 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • * Kosher salt
  • * 1 clove garlic
  • * 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan
Belongs to kylerhea Pumpkin Kugel 

From Mark Bittman’s 101 Head Starts on the Day

You might need to buy:
  • eggs
  • pureed pumpkin
  • milk
  • melted butter + more to butter the pan
  • egg noodles
  • cinnamon
  • salt
  • Bread crumbs