noun
- A Greek baked pasta dish made with layers of pasta, spiced meat sauce, and creamy béchamel sauce.
Usage: Also spelled pastitsio (singular form commonly used in English).; Greek cuisine.
Examples
- Pastitsos is one of the most popular comfort foods in Greece.
- The restaurant served a delicious pastitsos with ground lamb and cinnamon.
- She learned to make pastitsos from her grandmother's traditional recipe.
- Pastitsos is often compared to Italian lasagna because of its layered structure.
- The creamy béchamel topping on the pastitsos turned golden brown in the oven.