Cooking recipe for Timpana Meat Pie

Timpana(Baked Macaroni in a Pastry Case)
Great Grandma from Malta Meat Pie
1 lb macaroni -1 lb mixed ground beef and pork
1/2 lb chicken livers (optional)
1 lb flaky pastry or phyllo dough
2 large onions chopped - 3 garlic cloves crushed
2 tbsp tomato paste
4 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
4 eggs lightly beaten
1/2 lb ricotta -salt, pepper
Prepare sauce: saute onion and garlic in margarine. Add ground meat.
Salt and pepper to taste. Stir well and cook for about 15 minutes. Add
the tomato paste and a cup of beef stock. Simmer for an hour.
-- Fry livers in margarine for 5 minutes.
-- Boil macaroni until barely tender. Rinse under cold water. mix the
cooked meat and tomato mixture into the macaroni. Add ricotta, beaten
eggs, and grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir well.
-- Cover bottom and sides of a baking dish with pastry or phyllo dough.
Put in a layer of macaroni mixture. If you cooked chicken livers,
arrange these over the macaroni and cover with another layer of macaroni.
Cover with pastry.
-- Bake in 375 oven for an hour or until the top is brown.
Let stand for half an hour before cutting in squares.