Keftedes Youvetsi: One Pan Baked Meatballs & Orzo Pasta

[@suejowell]

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

[@1834gail]

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!!! ✝️

[@jonathansturm4163]

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.

[@timurjaya8872]

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

[@MrsBee-uo2lc]

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!!! 🥰👍🏻🤍

[@bonitabester2253]

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!!

[@christriky7506]

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

[@corey3151]

I just made this, it was so delicious!!! Easy easy! Definitely a winner.

[@lisalisa4316]

Made this, delicious- makes a ton, even better leftovers. Thanks again

[@lauraalt7863]

I appreciate that you include the recipes 👍🏼😘I'm going to make this for my family 💞

[@antoniettemakrigianakis5391]

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

[@magdatrifunova2811]

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.

[@PamPeerceLanders]

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]

How creative!! Love it :)

[@larryb4170]

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!

[@jeffreyfwagner]

Looks great. I like your ice trick. I do that with soup to stop the overcooking of vegetables.

[@tanvav]

TY Dimitroula mou for doing this Keftedes Yiouvetsi with orzo! I'll make this soon.

[@MerriToon]

Bravo just like my mom's. She's from Samos 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@Billao456]

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

[@lisalisa4316]

Definitely going to make this week, looks awesome! Thanks for delicious easy recipes.

[@MrTenyearsafter07]

Thanks Demitra; this was so fast and the leftovers are great

[@mdbdrrhm]

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.

[@helenmalandrakis9746]

Love this dish.

[@genettesfamichael3958]

Wow look delicious

[@josephineallen9686]

Looks fantastic , I will be trying this recipe , thanks

[@anestihatzisavvas6639]

Never thought about making meatballs with krytharaki, what a great idea; I’m definitely going to try this recipe.

[@maitrayee22]

Delicious. Thank you.

[@DrAbKaN]

Absolutely great recipe 🙏🙏 you can tell that those meatballs are gonna be a flavor explosion ❤️🙏

[@DimitrasDishes]

Exactly! A flavor explosion :)

[@elisaabram5769]

I'm gonna cook this on the weekend 👨‍🍳👨‍🍳😋

[@gviewroom]

Enjoyed

[@brandybrown172]

I made this for the family, they all love it!

[@suzybailey-koubti8342]

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]

Wonderful!

[@ehole593]

OMG... I just watched your side dish for Orzo in tomato sauce also! Now I have to try this too! Thank you!!!! :)

[@BinGutH]

Hahahaha me too XD

[@irfanshaikh9715]

Very nice and yummy good cooking

[@OSHIBASMR]

happy weekend

[@sorayax5965]

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 😢

[@user-zd9di1fj5u]

Γεια σου Δήμητρα Σου στέλνω από Κρήτη Ωραία η συνταγή σου Την έκανα εχτές Αλλά αντί για παρμεζάνα έβαλα γραβιέρα . Να είσαι καλά !!

[@garygolden5262]

Interesting. I've never thought about keftedes,and orzo.

[@joannabrown9577]

Instead of parsley, could I add spinach? Love love love your channel! 🙏🏾

[@evanstratigus3862]

Great idea

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

A must try! 👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾😋😋

[@user-xz4eq2ci6h]

Can you make with avgolemono there is a milk sauce in greek cuisine for dolmades it could be used.

[@lovemystery7328]

Awesome recipe and straight to the point... Not BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA! Efharisto Koukla 💋New Subscriber.

[@DimitrasDishes]

parakalo! Thanks for being here!

[@georgemiller6805]

sorry I just realized you answered my question in the recipe

[@poketube6224]

I've always loved this food, but i think it goes best with parmesan cheese

[@mclairemck]

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]

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

[@guswojo3762]

Great recipe!! What is the difference between youvetsi and manestra?

[@georgemiller6805]

Dimitra would it be ok if the meat mixer is made a day ahead of time.

[@hannahkiddie8245]

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.

[@Redberryfarm888]

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]

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 :)

[@nonidiotman]

👍

[@evaburns7314]

What other milk would you recommend other than whole milk?

[@matthewmattnunyabiznz5959]

Ochi menta? Ti Saltsa?

[@catherinethomas2906]

i love this but now cant eat gluten 😔orzo is yummy

[@barbsnyder480]

😀thanks!

[@adelefarough5123]

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]

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]

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!🥦🍅🍖

[@ZaharahFitness]

Can i use egg white instead of eggs in the meatballs?

[@annschiraldi5262]

Hi Dimitra, I got your book but I can't download it,

[@DimitrasDishes]

THANK YOU, Ann. Please email me so that I can help :) [e-mail]

[@Musa31344]

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