Mini pasticcios, finally! The pasticcio muffins :)

Mini pasticcios, finally! The pasticcio muffins :)

Pasticcio is a great greek dish, together with moussaka. So, what could it be better ? Mini pasticcios! When I give a party, and want to prepare finger food to be easy and practical to eat in a buffet, I include them in my list. They are not easy to make, as they take time, so I make them when I have very good friends invited. One thing is sure, they will surely appreciate the effort!
They look like muffins, the salty-type :) For Carla and Alberto, dear friends, special dedication of this recipe!

Ingredients

Same (but only half) with pasticcio
2 parts of ready-made puff pastry (pate feuilletee in french)

Procedure

To make mini pasticcios you will need to do exactly what we do for pasticcio, it's only the assembling part that is different. 

Use a round cutter and cut circles of the pastry enough to put the in your 12 muffin-dish as in photo.

Put then a spoon full of the cooked meat sauce in each one. Sprinkle some cheese.

Cover with bechamel sauce (white sauce). Sprinkle again some cheese on top.

 Put in the oven for about 20 min or until they get a nice golden crust (180 degrees of Celsius with air). Enjoy!







TIP : You can cook the full pasticcio recipe instead of half and with the rest of the cooked ingredients you can make a pasticcio in a smaller dish. That way, you can indulge your family some other day. If it's the next day, you can keep it in the fridge either before or after the cooking. If you want to eat it some other day, just put it uncooked in the freezer. Like that, you can just unfreeze it and cook it in the oven. It would be a great surprise for everyone out of the blue :)