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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 recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have meatballs with orzo in tomato sauce🇬🇷. (giuvetsi me keftedakia) using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Meatballs with orzo in tomato sauce🇬🇷. (Giuvetsi me keftedakia):

1. Prepare for meatballs
2. Take 2 lbs ground beef
3. Get 1/2 onion chopped
4. Make ready 1 clove garlic chopped
5. Prepare 2 eggs
6. Take 1/2 cup bread crumbs
7. Prepare 7-8 mint leafs chopped
8. Get 2 tbs chicken stock
9. Get 1/2 tsp Salt
10. Take 1/2 tsp ground pepper
11. Make ready Oil for frying
12. Get for tomato sauce
13. Make ready 1 small onion chopped
14. Get 2 cloves garlic chopped
15. Take 1 bay leaf
16. Prepare 2 all spice balls
17. Take 3-4 basil leafs chopped
18. Get 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes
19. Prepare 1/2 tsp tomato paste
20. Prepare 1/4 cup olive oil
21. Prepare 1 /cup water
22. Make ready 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. 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.

Instructions to make Meatballs with orzo in tomato sauce🇬🇷. (Giuvetsi me keftedakia):

1. For the meatballs combine all ingredients and mix them
2. 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
3. Now in a big frying pan add the oil onion bay leaf all spice pepper and basil and fry at medium heat till glazed
4. Add the rest of the ingredients except the orzo and cook for about 20 min at medium heat
5. Now add the cooked meatballs and keep cooking for another 10 min
6. Now add the orzo and cook to your liking remember orzo will expend quite a bit
7. You can top with some shredded parmigiana or mizithra cheese enjoy Kali orexi

Bring water to boil in a saucepan and add salt to taste. 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. To make the tomato sauce, heat the oil in a lidded saucepan over medium heat. Meatballs with tomato sauce by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis!

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