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
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.
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!!! ✝️
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 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!!
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.
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!!! 🥰👍🏻🤍
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.”
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.
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!
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
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. 🤓😎
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!🥦🍅🍖