Turkey and Aubergine Pastitsio

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 2 medium onion
• 3 clove garlic
• 300 g minced turkey
• 1 aubergine

  (or courgette)
• 200 g mushrooms
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cumin
• 0.25 tsp chilli powder
• 0.25 tsp black pepper
• 0.25 tsp salt
• 0.25 tsp sugar
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 200 ml passata
• 220 g macaroni pasta
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp plain white flour
• 500 ml whole milk
• 75 g feta
• 1 egg

Instructions

• 1 Peel and chop the onion finely.
• 2 Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the onion for five minutes or until
  soft and translucent.
• 3 Chop the aubergine into 0.5cm cubes whilst the onions cook.
• 4 Add the garlic and turkey and fry for 5 minutes or until the turkey is browned.
• 5 Chop the mushrooms finely.
• 6 Add the mushrooms and aubergine to the turkey. Cook on a high heat for a further
  5 minutes, before adding the organo, cinnamon, cumin, nutmeg, chilli powder,
  pepper, salt and sugar. Fry for 1 minute.
• 7 Add the puree and chopped tomatoes, cover, and simmer on a medium heat for at
  least 10 minutes.
• 8 Meanwhile, boil the water and cook the pasta according to the instructions
  (approximately 10 minutes).
• 9 With 5 minutes cooking time remaining on the pasta and sauce, melt the butter in
  a separate saucepan.
• 10 Remove from the heat, add the plain flour and whisk in to form a thick paste.
• 11 Whisk in a little of the milk to make a thinner liquid (whisking until it is
  smooth), and add the rest of the milk. Return to the heat and cook on a med-high
  heat until the milk boils. Whisk as it comes to a boil to prevent lumps.
• 12 Once the milk has boiled and the sauce has thickened, stop whisking and turn
  down the heat. Add the feta and stir until it has melted in.
• 13 Whisk the eggs in a separate bowl and pour the white sauce into the egg mix
  slowly, mixing as you go.
• 14 Drain the pasta and pour half into the tomato and turkey mix. Pour the cheese
  sauce over the remaining half of the pasta and mix.
• 15 Either serve with the turkey layer on the bottom and cheese sauce pasta on top,
  or make in a large ovenproof dish and place under the grill for 5-10 minutes to
  make the cheese top golden and crispy.

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