Description
Makaronia me Kima (Greek spaghetti with meat sauce) is a rich ground beef and tomato sauce served over pasta, offering a comforting Greek twist on spaghetti Bolognese.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb (450g) ground beef
- ¼ cup (60g) unsalted butter
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 onion, peeled and quartered
- 14 oz (400g) canned tomatoes
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground pepper
- ½ tsp sugar
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ cinnamon stick
- 3 allspice berries
- 3 whole cloves
- ½ cup (120ml) white grape juice
- 2 cups (480ml) chicken stock
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- cooked spaghetti
- Grated parmesan (microbial-rennet)
- flat leaf parsley
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Sauté: Heat the butter in a Dutch Oven over medium heat until it starts foaming. Once the butter starts turning brown, add the garlic and onions, cut side down.
- Tomato Base: Add the canned tomatoes. Break them up with the back of a spoon and stir in the salt, sugar, pepper and bay leaves. Place the cinnamon stick, allspice berries and cloves in a disposable filter bag and add to the pot.
- Simmer: Pour the white grape juice into the sauce and bring to a rolling boil. Lower the heat to a simmer, cover the pot tightly and cook for 20-25 minutes.
- Blend: Discard the bay leaves, cinnamon stick and allspice berries. Blitz the sauce with an immersion blender until mostly smooth.
- Meat Addition: Stir in the ground beef and break it up with your spoon. Add the olive oil and stock, bring the sauce back to a simmer, partially cover the pot and cook for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Serve: Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning. Serve over spaghetti with grated Parmesan.
Notes
This ground beef sauce recipe is suitable for freezing. If you prefer a chunkier sauce, you can use finely grated onion and crushed tomatoes instead of blending.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: Greek
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 538 kcal
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 2892 mg
- Fat: 34 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 21 g
- Cholesterol: 46 mg
Keywords: Makaronia me Kima, Greek spaghetti, meat sauce, Greek beef pasta, comfort food