Beef in red sauce

• 500 gr of hilopites
• 1 kg of beef cut in small pieces
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 carrots
• 1 small glass of wine
• 1 package of tomato sauce
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 bay leaf
• Kefalotyri cheese
• salt and black pepper

In a big pot sauté the onion, the chopped carrots and the garlic in 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

Add the beef. Make sure it is sautéed evenly on all sides.

Add 1 small glass of wine and when the wine evaporates, add enough water so that the meat is covered, the tomato sauce, the cinnamon stick, the bay leaf and salt and pepper.

Boil in low heat for 1 ½ hours until the meat turns tender and the sauce thickens.

Meanwhile, boil the hilopites in a big pot with salted water.

Strain them and mix in a teaspoon of olive oil.

Serve the hilopites with the meat and some grated kefalotiri cheese on top.