Every Greek cookbook has a recipe for pastitsio, a layered casserole consisting of ground meat, tomato sauce, pasta, a creamy béchamel, and a sprinkling of cheese. When well prepared, it is comfort food at its best.
We began our pastitsio recipe by cooking ground lamb and draining the excess fat before adding the other ingredients, to prevent a greasy result. For the spices for our pastitsio recipe, we settled on a simple combination of cinnamon, orega...