Giouvetsi is a baked Greek meat dish made with either chicken, lamb or beef. The recipe is not complicated, but requires some preparation and a lot of cooking time. Necessary ingredients are the meat, pasta (traditionally kritharaki or hilopites, a Greek variety in 1cm-long squares, made without egg), and the tomato sauce (usually spiced with cinnamon

Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods...

 or bay leaves). Other common ingredients include onions/shallots, garlic, beef stock, and red wine, as well as some cheese to serve.