Pastitsio (Greek Baked Pasta) | Akis Petretzikis

[@kingstea1]

as a greek my self. the Food network needs to put a greek cooking show on with a greek host and Akis would be perfect. they have latin, indian, italian, southern american. but no greek... hmmm! we want Akis food network! You hear me, Malakas!!!

[@akispetretzikisen]

the food channel needs to listen

[@ropergirl3]

I 100% AGREE! @kingstea1

[@nilstancabag695]

malakas=strong...?

[@purplekoolaidx1x133]

yeah

[@AgentAO7]

kingstea1 i think iron chef Cat Cora is greek, if im not mistaken?

[@mdg6117]

I'm Mexican but my uncle is Greek. When i was a kid, I loved to tag along with him to all his family get togethers because I was in love with this dish. It stuck with me all throughout the years. Honestly, i would take it over lasagna any day.

[@hawkofarabia1013]

I am Arab and i had a greek roommate he is more than a roommate he is a brother to me. we dedicated last Sunday of each month to dine out with our girlfriends but trying different cuisine and made our ( Arabic and Greek cuisines ) at the bottom of our list. we ended up saying to each other " why we been to hell if we are already living in heaven" respect to all but truth can hurts sometimes :)

[@woganjones2012]

Effharisto poli Akis. Your recipe is fantastic. And you are right, the Greeks have the best pasta dish in the world.

[@GinaMarisaHomeschoolHomestead]

I’m so proud to be Greek. So proud. 🇬🇷 My family are from Karoni. We do not put feta in ours, but everything else is the same. Love it! I’m making it again from Christos Anesti this year. Xaxaxa

[@sinsenest]

I am in love with this dude's accent. His enthusiasm makes this even more entertaining. 🤓

[@sarawazir8537]

I c u "khave" goot taste

[@lisavranesevic5754]

That just how Greeks are, especially the YiaYias. (Grandmas) Completely filled with joy! I go to a Greek church so I'm always around them. ☦

[@jayanthaamerasinghe8780]

Fantastic Greek Food and so are the Greeks themselves. Friendly and Generous .

[@nenisguevaragomez8122]

I am in love with him hahahaha

[@brotherfromanother1971]

Hey Akis, I am a British 🇬🇧 Ghanaian 🇬🇭 but also a self proclaimed honorary Greek 🇬🇷 with the amount of Greek friends I have, and food I have eaten. Thank you so much for this awesome recipe, I've been impressing people with it since I found it 2/3 years ago so, my brother ευχαριστώ!! 🙌🏿🙏🏿🙌🏿 P. S your unique accent and energy are what make this video what it is, you need to do more!!!

[@link19942013]

Hahahaha, this is basically the accent we Greeks use when we speak English with a Greek accent. This accent is basically "speaking Greek using English words"

[@brotherfromanother1971]

@@link19942013 Yeah, I remember my friend's father used to speak like this, he was a great business mentor of mine as a kid. He was a Cypriot thought, very cool guy, like a second dad sometimes.

[@ThePanMan11]

My fiancee is currently in Greece for the holidays. The family had a big falling out and her mom refused to make pastitsio this year. So I bought myself a nice oven dish and I am doing research. Planning to have a fresh batch in the fridge when I pick her up from the airport. Thanks for the clear instructions.

[@EthanMalinowski]

"the first piece is always messy..." - proceeds to lift perfect cube

[@mariachircop6437]

Tried it today. Absolutely amazing!

[@akispetretzikisen]

🙏

[@julieburton3294]

could watch and listen to this guy all day, his food is amazing as is his voice, please bring us more Akis. x

[@nonni3634]

Hup....he's hot

[@heracles89]

I absolutely love this dish. The world needs to know about pastitsio!

[@robertc7892]

Hey Akis! Just watched over a dozen of your videos yesterday and this one reminded me of the best pastitsio I ate last summer in Thassos, at Psili Ammos. Today I woke up and went shopping for ingredients and followed your recipe. Although it took 2 and a half hours to make... It just made me feel great and made me feel like I was on the beach in Greece under the great pine tree. All the best from Romania!

[@akispetretzikisen]

wow!!! such an honour for me your comment!!! thanks!

[@AndyBandi2000]

"first piece is always messy" that's the most perfect piece i saw in my life

[@Dadolinaswing]

Akis I'm Greek-Italian and I love you

[@albertnash888]

Along with Moussaka, Pastitsio is one of my favorite Greek dishes!

[@gusevening4910]

The Greeks know food !

[@kingstea1]

yes we do!

[@zealeau]

And Pizza is originally from Ancient Greece so we are even ;)

[@zealeau]

GANGLANDIC EMPIRE Well the ancient Greeks had Pizza long before Marco Polo ever lived ...they just did not called it like this ..you know its not a difficuly dish to make neither do you need much fantasy or creation to do it .. as for the Spagetti , i do not know anything about it, however Chinese are having Noodles are you maybe referring to this ?

[@zealeau]

GANGLANDIC EMPIRE Common man .. you are so funny " ancient greeks never had an ethnic cuisine of their own.they hunted and killed to survive.they were primitive " Its funny to call the ancient Greeks primitive...either you did not went to school ever you are a troll Actually you are making a Fool of yourself here ... just google " hippocrates about nutrition " Its something the Greeks had already in 400BC ... Can you show me something HISTORICAL ACCURATE ,older than 400 BC? You know ...Hippocrates is just one simple dude of Medicine i doubt you even know him ...but its never too late to start educating yourself

[@zealeau]

GANGLANDIC EMPIRE alright dude whatever ... you are obvious out of topic ...how old are you ? 12 ?

[@stefan6532]

Akis, Married to a Greek, I have made lot's of Pastitsios so far. Yours really is fantastic, very rich and extremely smooth. absolutely amazing. ευχαριστώ.

[@adamsilver9947]

AKIS I AM ARMENIAN AND SOME OF THE CUISINE IS SIMILAR BUT THIS WE DONT HAVE. I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE THIS!!!!!!! NICE JOB!

[@giannisb2721]

Greek proper cuisine has no similarities with middle eastern and caucasian or Armenian cuisines. Our cuisine is South European, only anatolian Greek communities which used to live in the middle East until 1923 had similar cuisine to middle Eastern and Armenian

[@MESSI-fx1ob]

Adam silver im from Egypt we eat this but we other name make for it

[@jackie5918]

@@MESSI-fx1ob eating this doesn't mean it's egyptian (it's not)

[@MESSI-fx1ob]

@@jackie5918 did I say it was Egyptian Are you clown Also I don’t know who made it but it’s a possibility Egypt did or Greece I really don’t care tho

[@OKlamatianos]

Το καλύτερο παστίτσιο που θα φάτε. Χρόνια Πολλά σε όλους με υγεία και ευτυχία.

[@TheSophieSophia]

Thank you Akis the kids just cleaned their plates and said it’s just as nice as yiayias :) Turned out beautiful xxx

[@gem2148]

It is amazing how Egyptian Cuisine is inspired by Greek and Turks cuisine and vice versa ! This dish we call "pasta with beshamel" here in Egypt .. it is very Famous traditional dish here!

[@jackie5918]

it can't be traditional anywhere in the middle east, as far as Bechamel is a European thing. It is Greek/italian btw, it has nothing to do with Turkish cuisine (also middle eastern)

[@gem2148]

@@jackie5918 Well, Europeans invaded & settled in the Middle East for hundreds of years!

[@AndyPanai-h3x]

It has nothing to do with turkish cuisine by the way🎉

[@beerbread]

Back in the '70's I worked across the street from a Greek family restaurant. Of all the fabulous food, this was my favorite. I've made a few different recipes, but it was never as good, the cheese was off. Will try this cheese combination. It's the best food ever,

[@kourtourafi]

Pasticcio (AKA Pastichio - Παστίτσιο in Greek) is maybe the most favorite dish in Greece, especially among children, teenagers and pasta lovers of all ages. Akis has strayed a little bit from the standard recipe 'enhancing' the pasta with feta cheese, but that's actually pretty clever, since I've always thought the pasta layer to be a little 'flat' flavorwise. Of course, feta cheese has a salty, sort of tangy flavor, which might not be well liked by everybody, but one might well use some other, sweeter and smoother type of cheese (Gruyère or even Parmesan).

[@Sc9cvsd]

Problem is that generation didn't measure anything. They couldn't tell you the recipe if they wanted to. I have my yiayia's pastitio recipe and I made it a few weeks ago and it was really good but not as good as hers.

[@struxy9694]

Akis what do you mean the first piece is always the messy one THAT ONE WAS PERFECT keep up the good work!!

[@Kodoushi]

+Bondex It's an excuse to serve yourself first, lol

[@struxy9694]

Kodoushi haha good one :)

[@shutupSS]

+Bondex Most of the time the first piece breaks down cause the food is still hot and it needs some time to cool down to hold together. :P

[@kelleyspartiatis5323]

It usually is messy for the first piece!

[@paulocastrogarrido3499]

Thanks for this wonderful recipe, I did it tonight and it was huge success. Greetings from Portugal.

[@akispetretzikisen]

glad you liked it!

[@paulocastrogarrido3499]

I came back from Greece two weeks ago and I was desperate to make my own pastisio, thanks a million for this wonderful recipe.

[@giannisb2721]

@@paulocastrogarrido3499 do you have anything similar (or native pasta dishes in general) in Portugal?

[@paulocastrogarrido3499]

@@giannisb2721 we have many baked dishes, but nothing typically Portuguese with pasta. Our most famous tray treat is "bacalhau com natas" (codfish with cream), not fresh cod, and with meat we have "arroz de pato" (rice with pulled duck). Both very nice.

[@giannisb2721]

@@paulocastrogarrido3499 In Greece we have many pasta dishes, possibly thanks to venetians and Genovese who occupied and colonized most of the country in many parts of history, as well as naval communications between the two countries. if you google "hilopites", "Krytharaki", "makarounes" or "Gogkes" you will see ingredients and dishes very similar to italian pasta

[@christinasetianingsih3022]

Akis , you are my inspiration.. You are my hero .. I love most of your cooking .. Dish ,Please do more dish with fish .. Because here in my place easy to get tuna or Mackerel than any other fish .. I'm leaving in the remote area .. So everything more difficult to make possible .. And Every time I cooked one of your Recepy every one was impressed .. And love it .. And I just open a restaurant in rote island Indonesia call narrow ... And you are my teacher most of my cooking skill ..

[@Theo-te5ry]

Thank you Akis. Will try this tomorrow for my valentine as I promised her Greek food for dinner, love passes through the stomach as we say in Greece! ;) One think I would say, despite posting the link to your website, it would be easier if you had the ingredients on video description so I can use the KZbin app on my table and not have to go back and forth while in the kitchen! :) Thank you for cooking the best cuisine for us!

[@ani474]

Your accent drives me crazy and your simple way of explaining motivates me to cook for my kids.... thank you Akis:)

[@Lili08091]

Just made this for dinner and my husband and I are super impressed! Very delicious, the nutmeg in the white sauce really adds to the dish. Thank you !

[@akispetretzikisen]

my pleasure!

[@AngelaMelb]

Wow! You are bringing back memories for me of my mother in law's cooking.... You're right... Each piece is a bit of heaven. Thankyou xx

[@AH-il3no]

I may be Turkish but I always loved this dish when my Greek friends mom would make it, my parents didn’t like her and were annoyed by that lol

[@volguta57]

Greetings from Romania! kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zKnIeemd-LY5o

[@purplepigment4283]

So silly. Food is the great cultural unifier!

[@mriekjjj]

Ingredients in a row (EN): 300g pasta 2 onions 1 tsp sugar thyme 1 garlic clove 2 tablespoons tomato paste 750 gr beef 100 ml of red wine 400g chopped tomatoes 1 tsp cinnamon 2 beef stock cubes 2 bay leaves? sauce: 100g butter 100g flour 1 L? milk salt pepper 100g cheese Eggs 2 eggs 100g fetta cheese thyme basilic?

[@BloodySmartie1]

Afer the thyme, there's no basil, but parsley.

[@Altaykaan1]

500gr. Floor ,500 butter, 1 lt. Milk

[@andyc4685]

There is always a link in the description for the recipe.

[@jennny112446]

There is also nutmeg in the white sauce and Gruyere cheese.

[@XjtBA]

He used gruyere cheese, not feta. The feta is crumbled in the pasta.

[@dmitryyurin3916]

Thank you, Akis, I made everything step by step and the dish is totally authentic!

[@03Lorac]

Thank you Akis!! So fun to watch your show!

[@maskaperfytyrmaskahidratue8810]

Wow wow wow ! Complimenti from Italy 😍

[@mariadiantherese9663]

These recipes are amazing because they are 100% authentic. I made his spanakorizo and it was wonderful! Love this enthusiastic chef!!

[@alliemollie]

Just made this... happy to report that it turned out really great and yummy! Thanks for recipe Akis! ❤️

[@evaangie2429]

This is the best recepi ever. You are an amazing chef. Thank you!

[@ginasv1857]

I've already tried some of your recipes(chicken Gyros,Cesar Salad,Tatziki sauce,etc.)they're all so good!...i'm gonna try more of your recipes.You and the Food Busker are my favorites.

[@clarlin741]

Akis, muito obrigada pela receita super bem explicada e com as medidas certas. As outras receitas que certos cozinheiros gregos/gregas, postam, são péssimas! Hoje, 24/01/2020, fiz mais uma vez o Pastitsio e ele ficou lindo! Efxaristo para poly. Eisai kalo andras!

[@CENTRALISLIPCONCERTCHOIR]

One thing I miss most from my Mom is her Pasticio. This one looked just like hers!!! Absolutely divine!!!!!

[@francinelanigan8730]

Why can't make it

[@CENTRALISLIPCONCERTCHOIR]

Francine Lanigan because she is dead.

[@pampedersen5272]

I always have LOVED Greek food…..went ONLY to Greek restaurants in Canada….so want to visit Greece, because it is a Bible land.

[@crisssro4835]

Akis you are perfection

[@aragorn1ring]

I made this and it was amazing. Akis is my food ambassador to Greece.

[@nattommo6024]

egypt has almost the same dish too! it’s called macarona bechamel. the tomato base is not in every house tho, my mother doesn’t use tomato paste, but my friend’s mom does! it’s sooooo wonderful (we also make it with penne).

[@vassilisioannou5488]

I think they got it from the Greeks of Egypt

[@nattommo6024]

@@vassilisioannou5488 yeah I think so too~

[@chaostade4087]

for the non greeks here that havent tried it, i say to them try it imediatetly. pastichio is one of the most delicious dishes there are.

[@slim1one]

Next time I make pastitsio I will try your recipe. You kind of remind me of our Canadian Chef Chuck Hughes, tattoos and all. And your English is excellent. Thank you.

[@clearwaterlanguagetraining4551]

I made your moussaka and it turned out great. THANK YOU Akis!!!!

[@freelancelady]

Food made by a Greek person y like going to food heaven. They know how to cook simple recipes but very tasty. Can’t wait to go to Greece and experience that!!!

[@tyxeri48]

I've been baking pastitsio all my life! I have never heard of eggs in the pasta! I'll try it next time.... Anyway it's a classic confort food for the family and I strongly recommend Akis' recipe... Actually after one try you realize that it doesn' require so much time either, if you cook the sauce, the pasta and the meat at the same time!

[@setset388]

I just made it and my kids love it. Thank you Akis . My favorite shef Greetings from Albania

[@mariafisher2320]

This was a lovely recipe! I would love to see you make avgolemono. I would also love to see you make fasolathas. Thank you!

[@mszouzouka]

Keep up the great work.. !!!! Trellenomai gia elliniki kouzina.. Filia apo to Belgio!

[@midget4JC]

We made this tonight :D We love it!! Moussaka remains the fave but this is a close second :D Yay for Greek food!!

[@BradPow]

I am going to make this next weekend for my family. This is a great channel with new sources of cooking inspiration!

[@mogbaba]

It was a great job, your old enemy and new friend, a Persian man.

[@smooooth_]

Beautiful what food can do

[@AK-eo3jm]

Persians, Greeks and Italians are fundamentally, culturally, historically and emotionally for ever intertwined and connected. We are branches of the same tree. Cousins. Siblings.

[@alexmorton7730]

I can catch the aroma from here. It will be another month or two until I get back to Greece, but your recipes are making my cooking better while I wait to go back.

[@kolokotronis2000]

Incredible food Akis! Much love from Toronto, Canada. The tiramisu recipe is amazing! The first time I made it turned out perfect. I have made many of your recipes. Looking forward to more dishes on youtube.

[@angy4468]

Thank you so much fȘr this recipe akis! my entire family is drooling over it. I made it with soy milk instead of cow milk. So tasty! my brother ate it with ketchup.

[@mathewtsillis2271]

Akis made this for the family today!! Big hit great recipe my man! My first slice was the best!

[@attara945]

Μπράβο Άκης. Εξαιρετική μαγειρική.

[@TheTruth-fully]

I don't have to taste this to know it's good.. just WOW!

[@emmanouelpassas5741]

Akis always one of the best and simple cooks,I make it the same way,they should invite Greek cooks in the food Chanel !

[@lukewithann7256]

does he set his oven to fun? i want an oven like this... mine is no fun at all :(

[@fabrizio483]

fan

[@lucycono8698]

Are you a dad. A joke like this can only be produced by dads.

[@antreaskarolidis6805]

Hehe

[@roserose4940]

Thankyou Akis I make this dish a lot as my husband is Greek. Even his family says it’s the best they’ve ever tasted.

[@tonyenos7635]

OMG that is so good! I can't decide whether I like his pastitsio or his moussaka better. They're both wonderful.

[@patriciafroelich-pilichows841]

My Mom cooked this dish...we called it Violets Recipe....we loved it always! Violet and her husband were Greek. Wonderful recipies😍

[@andreadluna]

Beautiful!!! Thank you for the recipe!!!

[@akispetretzikisen]

+andreadluna You 're very welcome!

[@CerenAcikgoz-mu6fe]

I cooked the recipe exactly like Akis described and it really tasted very good!

[@MegaaMendy]

I recently cooked this with another recipy and now I feel morally obliged to cook pastitio because it looks waaaaaaaay better

[@akispetretzikisen]

+MegaaMendy You need to try it! Its super-tasty! ;-)

[@ania3652]

It's absolutely delicious.

[@pichukina]

Hello form Mexico. I love your recepies, I'm gonna try this one for sure!

[@tinan2179]

You and your family will love the Greek pastítsio! Good luck!

[@antreaskarolidis6805]

Greek food !!!

[@soumya86]

It's actually a very easy recipe but requires ample time to perfect it - will be attempting this on a lazy Sunday!

[@lkumiksm]

literally I felt in love with you when you take that slice out of the recipient... very good!!

[@iReporteriReporting]

I had to watch this again. Pasticchio is my favorite Greek dish. Love your recipe. I'm making this weekend!!!

[@orenjikukki]

I swear I need this in my life!

[@antreaskarolidis6805]

Me too

[@chrisbunn6426]

This might be an old video but gonna comment anyway, been watchin you for a few weeks now and Akis you are my new favourite chef! Some of these dishes holy hell! And I find you quite a funny guy too 🤣. Keep up the good work you Greek god

[@gabika1]

amazing to watch someone with this passion to cook. btw tried your chicken gyro and tzatziki recipe. Both came out absolutely amazing. Thanks for it :)

[@moonawarcoowar8681]

I made this recipe and everybody really enjoyed it. Thanks akis. You are a great inspiration.

[@ceoninja]

I LOVE this recipe, thank you so much Akis! I just discovered your channel and I'm already loving it, it reminds me of when I was in Greece many years ago. Any chance that you could make a video about Galaktouboureko?

[@akispetretzikisen]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/imayYWtpjZd2jq8 have one in Greek

[@akispetretzikisen]

but you can find the recipe in English on my website..

[@ceoninja]

+Akis Kitchen awesome! thank you so much

[@CoralColouredFlickerFeather]

delightful, I can't wait to make it- i am gluten intolerant so I'll have to create your recipe with gluten free ingredients....but I am determined and this looks so amazing , thank you for your fun, fast, fabulous videos for Greek Recipes. I was recently in Alaska with my sisters and we attended a Greek Festival, my favorite part was touring the church, beautiful lifesize paintins of saints all over every wall. So I always think of this when watching and listening to your videos. Cheers Aki Oya

[@matthorton1983]

this is one of the greatest things I have ever cooked thanks for the recipe :)

[@akispetretzikisen]

my pleasure!

[@danalempersova7226]

Akis, děkuji. Jdu na to!!!

[@iPhonix07]

Very similar to italian Pasta al Forno! Basically lasagne but made with regular pasta! Still look great!

[@giannisb2721]

And it's not the only one. We have some dozens of pasta dishes and ingredients in Greece, identical to Italian dishes, recorded in Greece since at least 1300's, probably thanks to venetian colonization. just google hilopites, krytharaki, gogkes etc

[@DonVoghano]

@@giannisb2721 Indeed, lasagna in Venice is actually called "pasticcio"

[@tinan2179]

It doesn't taste the same though! Greek pastítsio is even more delicious than our other famous dish, moussakás.

[@scottrice3549]

I am writing on my husband's page. This recipe looks fantastic! Ty for showing me how. I am in the middle of making it. I will comment on my youTube channel when done.

[@beatrizbp2539]

This video brought so many memories from last summer in greece haha :') Thank you so much akis! Will definitely give it a try ;)

[@akispetretzikisen]

+Beatriz BP Oh, great!!

[@yvonnegrivas5589]

I always turn to your recipes when i want to be reminded of a greek recipe where i may have forgotten an ingredient or two lol. Never thought of gruyere cheese on a pastitsio as it is not greek but in a pinch if i cant find kefalotyri, its perfect. Thank you so much!

[@AnaHartog]

Yesterday 5-05-16 I talk with someone about you and these recipe👍 Today we are going to eet it, greetings from Holland!! Yummy yummy 👏👏

[@surejan3854]

How did it turn out?

[@annother3350]

It cannot fail!

[@VintageVineMillinery]

Outstanding recipe. Perfecto

[@kanua5]

Wow, great job getting that first piece out! :D

[@akispetretzikisen]

+kanua5 Indeed! ;-)

[@Altaykaan1]

I am watching always your recipes as a Turkish ! Very good ! Good taste I think your pastitcio

[@schatzmannsophie2905]

My favorite meal, efcharisto poli Akis!!

[@ItalianoDelSud7]

I found this dish in a cook book probably 15 years ago and its been a staple ever since!

[@WildWildWeasel]

AKIS! You just reached over 100k subs! Congrats dude!

[@akispetretzikisen]

thanks!!!

[@LucasArrais10.7]

One of the best recipes!!!

[@AnaHartog]

Amazing recipe! 👏👏👏I made it and my family was very very Happy, thank you very much🙏🏻👍👊😃

[@akispetretzikisen]

+Ana Hartog You 're welcome! I 'm so glad you liked it!

[@papacharlie5692]

memories of my father and grandmother

[@jspanos500]

Hellenes know: cinnamon and nutmeg in savory dishes is delicious; especially cinnamon in tomato sauce.

[@leilaniangelina9723]

Pl

[@barbara3977]

Perfection and not a mess GREAT JOB

[@nt4627]

Omg this pastitsio is delicious, I love love love so much, actually I love Greek food, it's number one 😘😘❤😘👌👌👌yummy yummy handsome boy great job