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To prepare the tomato sauce, heat a deep pan over medium heat. Pour in the olive oil and the chopped onion and garlic and sauté. Into a fireproof tray, add the sauce, along with the meatballs (keftedes) and the pasta and stir.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook meatballs with orzo in tomato sauce🇬🇷. (giuvetsi me keftedakia) using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Meatballs with orzo in tomato sauce🇬🇷. (Giuvetsi me keftedakia):
- Take for meatballs
- Make ready 2 lbs ground beef
- Make ready 1/2 onion chopped
- Prepare 1 clove garlic chopped
- Make ready 2 eggs
- Prepare 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- Get 7-8 mint leafs chopped
- Make ready 2 tbs chicken stock
- Take 1/2 tsp Salt
- Take 1/2 tsp ground pepper
- Make ready Oil for frying
- Take for tomato sauce
- Get 1 small onion chopped
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic chopped
- Prepare 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 2 all spice balls
- Get 3-4 basil leafs chopped
- Get 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes
- Make ready 1/2 tsp tomato paste
- Get 1/4 cup olive oil
- Get 1 /cup water
- Get 1 cup orzo
Bite-size meatballs seasoned with Greek aromatic herbs, make the perfect appetizer. Bite-size (or a little bit larger) meatballs made from ground beef or usually ground pork or sheep or a mixture, along with all those tasty Greek herbs (especially fresh mint as both my grandmothers used) and then fried. Keftedakia are meatballs and the recipe here is what can be considered as comfort food in some parts of Greece like Ioannina, cooked with spaghetti and tomato sauce. Similar recipes and dishes are also found in many other areas of Europe and the US as well.
Steps to make Meatballs with orzo in tomato sauce🇬🇷. (Giuvetsi me keftedakia):
- For the meatballs combine all ingredients and mix them
- Make them in to small balls and than in a frying skillet add enough oil to cover about 1/4 of the meatballs and fry at medium heat turning occasionally
- Now in a big frying pan add the oil onion bay leaf all spice pepper and basil and fry at medium heat till glazed
- Add the rest of the ingredients except the orzo and cook for about 20 min at medium heat
- Now add the cooked meatballs and keep cooking for another 10 min
- Now add the orzo and cook to your liking remember orzo will expend quite a bit
- You can top with some shredded parmigiana or mizithra cheese enjoy Kali orexi
Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (Keftedes me Saltsa Domata)Todd Coleman. Redolent of oregano and mint, these meatballs are served in northern Greece as a meze with fried potatoes or steamed rice. Bring water to boil in a saucepan and add salt to taste. Meatballs with tomato sauce by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis! An easy recipe for fried, pork meatballs and a delicious tomato sauce full of aromas and herbs!
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