Greek Style Beef Stew in a Tomato Sauce (Moshari Kokkinisto) | Ελλινικό Φαγητό | Umami

Ingredients

• 1 kg of quality stewing beef (35 ounces)
• 2 small red onions, chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 4 ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
• 1 tsp tomato paste, dissolved into a teacup of water
• 100ml olive oil (2/5 of a cup)
• a glass of red wine
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1-2 whole cloves, or a pinch grounded
• a pinch of sugar
• 400g bucatini spaghetti or plain spaghetti if you can’t find it (14 ounces)
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• grated cheese (kefalotyri) to serve