Yiayia's Pastitsio

Pasta

• 100 g feta cheese, crumbled
• 100 g Parmesan cheese, cut into pieces (3 cm)
• 250 g dry bucatini pasta
• 2 egg whites, lightly beaten

Meat sauce

• 2 brown onions (approx. 300 g), cut into halves
• 2 garlic cloves
• 30 g extra virgin olive oil
• 400 g canned tomatoes
• 40 g tomato paste
• 2 tsp stock paste (see Tips)
• 100 g red wine
• 1 tsp sugar
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
• 1 tsp sea salt
• ¼ tsp ground black pepper
• 110 g water
• 900 g beef mince
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 1 whole clove
• 1 cinnamon quill

White sauce

• 100 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 150 g plain flour
• 1000 g milk
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground white pepper
• ½ tsp sea salt
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tbsp breadcrumbs