I love this style of video. Its perfect. Talk you through it..with eye contact...no wasting time . No trying to do 2 things at once . no long shots of peeling and slicing.....GREAT......this is the kind of cooking video all those celeb chefs should learn from.xx
I decided to use frozen peas instead of ice cubes. Worked for me. I do love Greek dishes a lot and I think this dish or some variant is now a permanent fixture in recipes I cook on a regular basis. Here in the Australia in the 1970s we had a package meal product called _rice a riso_ and I recently had an urge to try eating it once more. Perhaps fortunately it’s no longer available so I purchased some _risoni_ as this pasta is called in Italy and commenced making dishes based on it. Hence my finding this excellent way to use it. Many thanks for the inspiration Dmitra.
My mom always made this with roast I never thought to do it with meatballs. Thank you for keeping my Greek recipes alive! God Bless Christos Aneste!!! ✝️
Recipe looks amazing! I also love how in your videos you tell us how we can freeze extras for future use and I love how you tell us how we can heat things up without using a microwave! Very helpful especially since I don't own a microwave. Thank you for all your hard work and thank you for sharing!!! 🥰👍🏻🤍
I tried this dish and it has become a weekly favorite. I now have to make double because everybody wants some for lunch the next day. Thank you, this is a fantastic dish!!
Hi Dimitra, I’m a Greek living in Singapore so I regularly miss eating Greek food. I can cook but there are always recipes I’ve never made or miss where I would normally visit family, parents or buy. God bless your channel. I regularly call family for certain recipes but also I spend a lot of time finding recipes online so I can go experience the dishes that I miss so much. Thank you
This was great, although I altered the method somewhat. I made this on the stovetop in a 13" frying pan . . . browned the meatballs (which were the best I've ever made!), sauteed the onions, reduced the passata, added the liquid & orzo, returned the meatballs. Simmered covered for about 15-20 minutes. I halved the recipe and it still made a lot. Oh, and you inspired me to dig out the mini processor that came with my immersion blender. What a time saver!
Thanks Dimitra for your wonderful dishes. Iam Macedonian but I love your Chanel. I like you and your food and I am connected with Greek people. Please some more vegetarian ideas on Greek way. Once more thanks for everything you do.
Used the meatball recipe tonight to make meatloaf. I had 1.5 lbs of meat, so I adjusted the milk, and bread crumbs accordingly My only modifications were to use about 3 times as much garlic, some lemon rind I had leftover, a mixture of herbs (didn’t have enough parsley, so I added some thyme and rosemary and left out the dried oregano) and 4 finely chopped radishes. Cooked to 145 and let it carryover cook for 10 minutes covered with Al foil. Very moist. My husband ‘s reaction: “This is wonderful.”
When I was in Greece, I had a dish similar to this version, except it had medium size cubes of lamb and cubes of eggplant with wedges of lemon to squeeze over the dish.
Oh my goodness! This recipe is delicious! I did add a little more sauce at the end for my hubby and it was perfect! Small green salad was all that was needed to complete the meal. 🤓😎
Hi Dimitra , your recipe looks amazing . Thank you for posting it. Do you know if orzo freezes well? Can we make the whole dish and freeze it? Thank you again.
Hi, I just want to say as I cook Orzo regularly as it is in a lot of Greek dishes. It doesn’t freeze well as it’s delicate and also, you risk over cooking it or turning it mushy when you warm it back up
What brand of 13" round baking pan is that? Too cool! (I only know of the thinner round cake pans. I must not get out too much to shop for newer cookware...) Love all of your little special containers that you use to portion things out, too. Recipe looks yummy.
I am definitely going to try this. Just a quick question. How much sugar? I always like to add sugar to a tomato sauce to balance the acidity. A lot of people like to add carrots for the same purpose, but I don't like that combination.
Dimitra's Dishes Thanks so much! In my other tomato sauces, I usually add a teaspoon of sugar. I'll go with 1 teaspoon for this as well. Thanks again!🥦🍅🍖
I love this style of video. Its perfect. Talk you through it..with eye contact...no wasting time . No trying to do 2 things at once . no long shots of peeling and slicing.....GREAT......this is the kind of cooking video all those celeb chefs should learn from.xx
I decided to use frozen peas instead of ice cubes. Worked for me. I do love Greek dishes a lot and I think this dish or some variant is now a permanent fixture in recipes I cook on a regular basis. Here in the Australia in the 1970s we had a package meal product called _rice a riso_ and I recently had an urge to try eating it once more. Perhaps fortunately it’s no longer available so I purchased some _risoni_ as this pasta is called in Italy and commenced making dishes based on it. Hence my finding this excellent way to use it. Many thanks for the inspiration Dmitra.
My mom always made this with roast I never thought to do it with meatballs. Thank you for keeping my Greek recipes alive! God Bless
Christos Aneste!!! ✝️
Recipe looks amazing! I also love how in your videos you tell us how we can freeze extras for future use and I love how you tell us how we can heat things up without using a microwave! Very helpful especially since I don't own a microwave. Thank you for all your hard work and thank you for sharing!!! 🥰👍🏻🤍
I tried this dish and it has become a weekly favorite. I now have to make double because everybody wants some for lunch the next day. Thank you, this is a fantastic dish!!
Ya Su Dimitra, I'm your fan from Indonesia. Love Greek food so much, so happy i've found your channel.. Keep inspiring yummy food.. Thank you
Bravo just like my mom's. She's from Samos 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Making it right now with you thank you so much your recipes are so close to my mother in law’s and sisters in law from Crete
Hi Dimitra, I’m a Greek living in Singapore so I regularly miss eating Greek food. I can cook but there are always recipes I’ve never made or miss where I would normally visit family, parents or buy. God bless your channel. I regularly call family for certain recipes but also I spend a lot of time finding recipes online so I can go experience the dishes that I miss so much. Thank you
I just made this, it was so delicious!!! Easy easy! Definitely a winner.
This was great, although I altered the method somewhat. I made this on the stovetop in a 13" frying pan . . . browned the meatballs (which were the best I've ever made!), sauteed the onions, reduced the passata, added the liquid & orzo, returned the meatballs. Simmered covered for about 15-20 minutes. I halved the recipe and it still made a lot. Oh, and you inspired me to dig out the mini processor that came with my immersion blender. What a time saver!
Made this, delicious- makes a ton, even better leftovers. Thanks again
Thanks Dimitra for your wonderful dishes. Iam Macedonian but I love your Chanel. I like you and your food and I am connected with Greek people. Please some more vegetarian ideas on Greek way. Once more thanks for everything you do.
I appreciate that you include the recipes 👍🏼😘I'm going to make this for my family 💞
TY Dimitroula mou for doing this Keftedes Yiouvetsi with orzo! I'll make this soon.
Looks great. I like your ice trick. I do that with soup to stop the overcooking of vegetables.
Thanks Demitra; this was so fast and the leftovers are great
Never thought about making meatballs with krytharaki, what a great idea; I’m definitely going to try this recipe.
Hi Dimitra, you have inspired me and I made this for the family the other night. We all loved it. Thank you so much x
Looks fantastic , I will be trying this recipe , thanks
Definitely going to make this week, looks awesome! Thanks for delicious easy recipes.
Wow look delicious
Used the meatball recipe tonight to make meatloaf. I had 1.5 lbs of meat, so I adjusted the milk,
and bread crumbs accordingly My only modifications were to use about 3 times as much garlic, some lemon rind I had leftover, a mixture of herbs (didn’t have enough parsley, so I added some thyme and rosemary and left out the dried oregano) and 4 finely chopped radishes.
Cooked to 145 and let it carryover cook for 10 minutes covered with Al foil.
Very moist.
My husband ‘s reaction: “This is wonderful.”
How creative!! Love it :)
Very nice and yummy good cooking
When I was in Greece, I had a dish similar to this version, except it had medium size cubes of lamb and cubes of eggplant with wedges of lemon to squeeze over the dish.
Love this dish.
Oh my goodness! This recipe is delicious! I did add a little more sauce at the end for my hubby and it was perfect! Small green salad was all that was needed to complete the meal. 🤓😎
Wonderful!
I made this for the family, they all love it!
Absolutely great recipe 🙏🙏 you can tell that those meatballs are gonna be a flavor explosion ❤️🙏
Exactly! A flavor explosion :)
OMG... I just watched your side dish for Orzo in tomato sauce also! Now I have to try this too! Thank you!!!! :)
Hahahaha me too XD
happy weekend
Interesting. I've never thought about keftedes,and orzo.
I love all your recipes!!
Would this work well with small gluten free pasta or how could we use rice in this. I really miss orzo 😢
Γεια σου Δήμητρα
Σου στέλνω από Κρήτη
Ωραία η συνταγή σου
Την έκανα εχτές
Αλλά αντί για παρμεζάνα έβαλα γραβιέρα .
Να είσαι καλά !!
Delicious.
Thank you.
I'm gonna cook this on the weekend 👨🍳👨🍳😋
Enjoyed
Great idea
Instead of parsley, could I add spinach? Love love love your channel! 🙏🏾
Can you make with avgolemono there is a milk sauce in greek cuisine for dolmades it could be used.
Hi Dimitra , your recipe looks amazing . Thank you for posting it. Do you know if orzo freezes well? Can we make the whole dish and freeze it?
Thank you again.
Hi, I just want to say as I cook Orzo regularly as it is in a lot of Greek dishes. It doesn’t freeze well as it’s delicate and also, you risk over cooking it or turning it mushy when you warm it back up
A must try! 👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾😋😋
Great recipe!! What is the difference between youvetsi and manestra?
I've always loved this food, but i think it goes best with parmesan cheese
Hi Dimitri, I hope you are well. I have a question about the frozen meat balls, do we defrost them before cooking or they can be cooked directly.
What other milk would you recommend other than whole milk?
What brand of 13" round baking pan is that? Too cool! (I only know of the thinner round cake pans. I must not get out too much to shop for newer cookware...) Love all of your little special containers that you use to portion things out, too. Recipe looks yummy.
I wish I knew the brand. I bought it at a Mediterranean Specialty food store and cannot find more anywhere. I hope to one day have my own line :)
Awesome recipe and straight to the point... Not BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA! Efharisto Koukla 💋New Subscriber.
parakalo! Thanks for being here!
I am definitely going to try this. Just a quick question. How much sugar? I always like to add sugar to a tomato sauce to balance the acidity. A lot of people like to add carrots for the same purpose, but I don't like that combination.
Adele Farough it depends. For me, 1 teaspoon usually does it, but you can start with 1/2 a teaspoon and adjust at the end :)
Dimitra's Dishes Thanks so much! In my other tomato sauces, I usually add a teaspoon of sugar. I'll go with 1 teaspoon for this as well. Thanks again!🥦🍅🍖
Dimitra would it be ok if the meat mixer is made a day ahead of time.
sorry I just realized you answered my question in the recipe
Can i use egg white instead of eggs in the meatballs?
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😀thanks!
i love this but now cant eat gluten 😔orzo is yummy
Ochi menta? Ti Saltsa?
Hi Dimitra, I got your book but I can't download it,
THANK YOU, Ann. Please email me so that I can help :) info@dimitrasdishes.com
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