Makarona me Kima

[GreekGirlCooks]

Chef Pam just gave me the idea to cook this dish in another thread. It's been a while! I thought I would dust off my recipe - here are the ingredients:

- Spaghetti
- Ground beef or lamb or beef or lamb steaks cut really fine
- Onion
- Garlic
- Tomato paste
- Water plus maybe a splash of wine
- Bay leaf
- whole cloves (like 2)
- cinnamon stick
- olive oil

(Sometimes I omit the cloves).

Do you guys do something similar? Sometimes I use tomato sauce instead but I don't like it as much.

 

[ellinasgolfer0320]

This is essentially the same recipe that my wife follows, except she only uses ground beef because that's what "kima" means.

 

[Luana]

I don't use cloves, and if you're using whole cloves, remove before serving. It's not something someone wants to bite into. Cinnamon is essential.

 

[Rízes Hellenic Genealogy]

You just reminded me of this video

 

[k_tsoukalas]

This is essentially the same recipe that my wife follows, except she only uses ground beef because that's what "kima" means.

I didn't know that! This is essentially how my family makes it, as well.

 

[k_tsoukalas]

I don't use cloves, and if you're using whole cloves, remove before serving. It's not something someone wants to bite into. Cinnamon is essential.

My family only just uses cinnamon, too. I might try cloves for kicks.