Keftedes Youvetsi: One Pan Baked Meatballs & Orzo Pasta
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Serves 8
For the Meatballs:
• 2 pounds lean ground beef
• 2 small onions, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 bunch parsley (1/2 cup chopped)
• 1 and ½ cups unseasoned bread crumbs
• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese, optional
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
For the tomato sauce:
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup of olive oil
• 4 large garlic cloves, grated
• 1 (28 ounces) can of tomatoes, pureed in the blender
• Salt and black pepper, to taste
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 4 cups water or chicken stock
1-pound orzo
1 and 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
Garnish:
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley for garnish
• 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
1-2 cups ice cubes
Preheat the oven to 500 °F, 260 °C.
Make Ahead Tips: The meatballs can be made 1 day ahead and stored in the refrigerator. They can also be formed and stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
To Make the Meatballs:
1. Chop the garlic in the food processor until minced. Add the parsley and pulse until finely chopped.
2. Add the onions to the food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
3. Whisk the milk and egg together.
4. In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the meatball ingredients and knead well to combine and evenly distribute everything.
5. Form golf-sized meatballs and place on a baking tray
Roast the Meatballs:
Place 18-20 meatballs in a 9 by 13-inch (broiler-safe) baking dish and roast the meatballs for 10 minutes. Turn the broiler on and cook the meatballs for 5 minutes. They will become golden.
Set the pan aside and allow the meatballs to rest for 5-10 minutes. Carefully release them from the pan using a spatula. Leave them in the same baking pan.
To Make the Sauce:
1. In a saucepan, combine the chopped onions and oil and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until they are soft and golden. Add the grated garlic and stir to warm through.
2. Add all of the remaining sauce ingredients, except for the broth/water and cook over medium heat until thickened. About 10-15 minutes.
3. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
4. Add 4 cups water/chicken broth and bring to a boil
Reduce the oven’s temperature to 400 °F, 200 °C.
Put it all together:
Place the orzo in the baking pan and pour the tomato sauce on top. Season with 1-2 teaspoons of salt. Mix it together.
Bake on the center rack of the oven, uncovered, for 45 minutes or until the orzo is cooked, al dente.
Remove from the oven and add the ice cubes. Mix well. Garnish with parsley and feta cheese.
ENJOY!!
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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
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!!! ✝️
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.
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
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!!
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!!! 🥰👍🏻🤍
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
Bravo just like my mom's. She's from Samos 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
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.
Love this dish.
Made this, delicious- makes a ton, even better leftovers. Thanks again
Definitely going to make this week, looks awesome! Thanks for delicious easy recipes.
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.
Thanks Demitra; this was so fast and the leftovers are great
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
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.
I love the way you explain the cooking process. I am learning a lot thanks to you. Thank you for sharing this wonderful receipe.❤
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.
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!
Wow look delicious
Delicious. Thank you.
Looks great. I like your ice trick. I do that with soup to stop the overcooking of vegetables.
Great idea
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.”
@DimitrasDishes
5 жыл бұрын
How creative!! Love it :)
I made this for the family, they all love it!
A must try! 👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾😋😋
Never thought about making meatballs with krytharaki, what a great idea; I’m definitely going to try this recipe.
Absolutely great recipe 🙏🙏 you can tell that those meatballs are gonna be a flavor explosion ❤️🙏
@DimitrasDishes
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly! A flavor explosion :)
Very nice and yummy good cooking
OMG... I just watched your side dish for Orzo in tomato sauce also! Now I have to try this too! Thank you!!!! :)
@BinGutH
4 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha me too XD
I'm gonna cook this on the weekend 👨🍳👨🍳😋
@gviewroom
5 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed
happy weekend
😀thanks!
Interesting. I've never thought about keftedes,and orzo.
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. 🤓😎
@DimitrasDishes
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
Γεια σου Δήμητρα Σου στέλνω από Κρήτη Ωραία η συνταγή σου Την έκανα εχτές Αλλά αντί για παρμεζάνα έβαλα γραβιέρα . Να είσαι καλά !!
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 😢
Instead of parsley, could I add spinach? Love love love your channel! 🙏🏾
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.
@christriky7506
3 жыл бұрын
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
Can you make with avgolemono there is a milk sauce in greek cuisine for dolmades it could be used.
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.
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
sorry I just realized you answered my question in the recipe
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@DimitrasDishes
4 жыл бұрын
parakalo! Thanks for being here!
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.
@DimitrasDishes
5 жыл бұрын
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 :)
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.
@DimitrasDishes
5 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@adelefarough5123
5 жыл бұрын
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!🥦🍅🍖
What other milk would you recommend other than whole milk?
Dimitra would it be ok if the meat mixer is made a day ahead of time.
Ochi menta? Ti Saltsa?
Can i use egg white instead of eggs in the meatballs?
i love this but now cant eat gluten 😔orzo is yummy
Hi Dimitra, I got your book but I can't download it,
@DimitrasDishes
5 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU, Ann. Please email me so that I can help :) info@dimitrasdishes.com
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