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Great recipe for Spicy Meatballs in Tomato Sauce aka soutzoukakia. A recipe for traditional Greek spicy meatballs in tomato sauce. It's the world famous and popular Soutzoukakia. Everyone has his favorite comfort food made by the magic hands of his mother.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook spicy meatballs in tomato sauce aka soutzoukakia using 28 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Spicy Meatballs in Tomato Sauce aka soutzoukakia:

1. Make ready For meatballs
2. Prepare 500 gr ground beef
3. Make ready 50 gr toasts or dry - stale bread
4. Make ready 1 large onion
5. Make ready 2 cloves garlic
6. Take 2 pinches sea salt
7. Get 1 1/2 pinch ground cinnamon
8. Prepare 1 1/2 pinch ground cumin
9. Take 1 1/2 pinch sweet paprika
10. Take 150 ml sweet red wine (if you can find mavrodafni in greek shops it would be ideal otherwise you can use Portuguese port)
11. Get For the tomato sauce
12. Get 50 ml extra virgin olive oil
13. Prepare 1 large onion
14. Make ready 2 cloves garlic
15. Get 1 1/2 teaspoon condensed tomato paste
16. Prepare 300-350 gr tomato sauce (either grate repipe tomatoes or ready made tomato sauce)
17. Take 2 pinch sea salt
18. Make ready 1 1/2 pinch ground cinnamon
19. Get 1 1/2 pinch ground cumin
20. Make ready 1 1/2 pinch sweet paprika
21. Get 150 ml sweet red wine (if you can find mavrodafni in greek shops it would be ideal otherwise you can use Portuguese port)
22. Get 2 pinches sugar
23. Prepare For the mashed potatoes
24. Make ready 500 gr potatoes
25. Make ready 1 lamp butter
26. Get 50 ml milk
27. Take sea salt to taste
28. Get 1 pinch nutmeg

They are very popular in all the houses and taverns, even my Dutch husband has fallen in love with them. He eats the meatballs with pasta or rice. My mother taught me this recipe, that she herself had learned from one of the women from Smyrna that had come to Poros with her family. Make tomato sauce while meatballs bake.

Steps to make Spicy Meatballs in Tomato Sauce aka soutzoukakia:

1. Add the crisps in a large bowl and drizzle with wine, let it soak and mix until smooth.
2. Add the ground beef, the crushed garlic and the ground onion, with all its juices.
3. Add the spices and just until just combined. Set aside
4. In a pot heat the olive oil over medium fire. Add the ground onion and cook until soft.
5. Add the tomato paste and cook it over for a couple of minutes.
6. Add the tomato sauce, the wine and the spices and let it simmer.
7. Place a pan over medium heat and add a splash of olive oil. Form bite sized meat balls and add in the pan. Turn the meatballs almost instantly, as soon as they change colour.
8. Add in the simmering sauce and simmer for a quarter of hour.
9. Prepare your mushed potatoes, rice or french fries and serve with a glass of red wine.
10. If you want to prepare my mushed potatoes recipe. Peel the potatoes cut in large chunks, add in a pot with water and salt. Bring to the boil and cook until soft. Drain and mush, add the milk and butter and mix well.

My mother taught me this recipe, that she herself had learned from one of the women from Smyrna that had come to Poros with her family. Make tomato sauce while meatballs bake. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until soft. Season with the cumin, salt and pepper.

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