= Soutzoukakia =
== Ingredients ==
For the meatballs (soutzoukakia)

||800g||ground beef||
||4 cloves||garlic||
||2||eggs||
||1 tbsp||ground cumin||
||1/2 tsp||cinnamon||
||1/4||cup of olive oil||
||1 cup||breadcrumbs||
|| ||salt||
|| ||freshly ground pepper||

For  the tomato sauce
||3||cups tomato juice (passata)||
||1||onion, grated||
||1||cup red wine||
||2 cloves||garlic||
||1 tbsp||tomato paste||
||olive oil||
||1||tsp sugar||
|| ||salt||
|| ||freshly ground pepper||
||1 tsp||cumin||
||1||bay leaf||
||2 tbsp||green olives, pitted (optional)||