Get the exact recipe here: https://www.dimitrasdishes.com/spaghetti-meat-sauce-macaronia-me-keema/
Ingredients
For the Meat Sauce:
1 red onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt, to taste
4-5 garlic cloves, grated
2 pounds ground beef
freshly cracked black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
Crushed red pepper flakes, optional
1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
15 ounces canned diced or crushed tomatoes
1 cup water
1 teaspoon dried crushed oregano
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
The Spaghetti:
1 pound spaghetti
2 teaspoons salt
enough water to boil
olive oil
1 teaspoon dried oregano, optional
grated kefalotiri, graviera, or Parmesan cheese
Instructions
Make the Meat Sauce:
In a pot, add the onion, oil, and a pinch of salt. Cook over medium heat until soft and golden. About 7-8 minutes.
Add the garlic and warm through until fragrant.
Add the ground beef, salt, and black pepper and cook until no longer pink. Break up the ground beef while cooking.
Add the tomatoes, crushed red pepper flakes, cinnamon, paprika, and a little water and cook on medium-high heat until the sauce thickens. About 20 minutes.
Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed. Add the oregano, enough water to get the sauce to the desired consistency and cook a few more minutes. Add the parsley and mix together. Set aside.
Make the Spaghetti: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the salt and the pasta. Cook according to package instructions, until al dente. Drain the pasta but reserve about a cup of the pasta water. leave some of the pasta water in the pot with the pasta. Drizzle with olive oil and add some dried oregano and toss together.
Serve the pasta topped with the meat sauce and lots of grated cheese. Kali Orexi!
Notes
Freezer Intructions: The meat sauce freezes well. Make a double or triple batch of it and allow it to cool to room temperature. Transfer to freezer-safe bags or containers and store in the freezer up to 3 months.
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26 Comments
My husband will Love this!!! Ty again!!!
Definitely i will try this- thanks again for another deliciousness recipe
Well, I know what I’m making for dinner tonight! 😁 And sharing the recipe with my husband who is a fireman. This is a perfect fast dish for many hungry firemen at the station!
Recipe idea: have you ever heard of a regional Greek American dish known as Cincinnati Chili? It's absolutely amazing! (Although there's a long running dispute whether it was first made by a Greek man or a Lebanese man, both of whom had restaurants in Ohio.) I'd be happy to share my recipe with you so you can "tweak" it, if you think it needs that! My family literally begs me to make this regularly. (I've even made it using Beyond Beef, for my vegan sister.)
Cincinnati chili!
Looks delicious going to make it love ❤watching you
TY Sweet Dimitroula mou! I am gonna try making this soon since I need to finish up the spaghetti that was given to me by the pantry..
Hello my friend Dimitra well guess what I made this yesterday for my grandchildren and they love it. Yours is a little bit different than mine but I will definitely try your recipe and make it for them. It looks delicious. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your day. Enjoy your family and God bless.🙏😋💕🌏
In the right amount, cinnamon does go really well with meat! This looks great, nice and simple but full of flavor.
You’re killing it lately with all the new content 👌🏻 I’ve made 3 of your recipes in the last couple weeks & they have all been delicious. Adding this to the menu for next week! Thanks ❤
This Mediterranean Spaghetti Bolognese is definitely a family favourite, can't wait till I make this for family dinner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my favorite Greek dish. I would love to see you make papoutsakia, Greek little shoes!
I really like your menu, it's just amazing, thanks for the recipe.💋👍
Delicious!😉👍
Hey Dimitra! My Dad used to make this dish (a little bit different) but i remember the first time I had it, because we’re Italian and it was such a different taste but oh my gosh Greek spaghetti is soooo incredibly delicious!! Thanks for reminding me I need to make some!! 🍝
Hello, I have a question yesterday when I made blaklava, it was very wet and I followed the recipe and used it in the same mold that you used in your recipe. I don't know what happened .thank you 😊
I love Greek Spaghetti My dad always used to make it for us with Cinnamon!I have never been able to prepare it just like he did..I bet your recipe is exactly like his was 😍Thank you 😊
Wow, that's just like the meat sauce my grandmother would make..mmmm.
Im from kuwait and this is how we make it! I like it way better than the italian way
In Indian cooking, "kheema" is a sauce made with mince (ground) meat. Similar concept.
Wow. A classic!
This reminds me of my Mom! 💧. She’s changed her address to Heaven 21 years ago. 😔. I make this now.
Delicious and well explained. Love the cinnamon tip!
No wine into it?
This is so good.
Works well with Grated Halloumi cheese being a "GREEK" dish. Greeks have been cooking Spaghetti with mince for over 2 millenia. 🎉