Greek Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (Keftedes Giouvetsi) - My Greek Dish
The traditional diced beef is substituted with fried meatballs (keftedes) and then baked in a rich tomato based sauce and orzo pasta or chilopites giving it that extra fresh Mediterranean flavour.
Ingredients
- 600g ground pork (20 ounces)
- 1 egg
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 bunch fresh parsley, chopped
- some flour for dredging
- 1/4 of a cup olive oil
- 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 400g canned chopped tomatoes (14 ounces)
- 400g canned tomato sauce (14 ounces)
- 1 tsp sugar
- salt
- 3 cups of warm water
- 500g/18 ounces chilopites (egg pasta, cut into little square pieces). Alternatively substitute with orzo pasta.
- 200g feta cheese crumbled (7 ounces)
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