Comments on: Orzo cooked in Tomato Sauce (Manestra)

By: tastythaicooking

tastythaicooking — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:15:16 +0000

Glad I found your site. I will try some of your recipes soon! Thanks for sharing.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:39:58 +0000

Hi Angie, glad you liked it!

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:20:14 +0000

Made this last night with pork chops for the three of us. I used 1/2 lb of orzo and followed the recipe exactly.

Very, very good, the family loved it. Needless to say, there were no leftovers. Next time, rather than three cans of water, I might try low sodium chicken broth for even more flavor.

Thanks for this recipe, just wonderful! I’ll be making this quite often!

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:34:47 +0000

Mmmm… kritharaki. In Thessaloniki too we would call this kritharaki. It could probably be called giouvetsi too, but I’ve always used the term giouvetsi for kritharaki with meat. It’s such a pity we can’t find orzo very easily in London; however, my partner did manage to find some packets once, at the beginning of my pregnancy. When I had that terrible 1st trimester morning sickness I found that kritharaki & plain rice were the only things I could eat, so my partner kept going to that same place, at the other side of London, to fetch me some more kritharaki…. AAAAAAhhhhh, now I’m longing for some more, think I’ll ask him again! Thanks for the recipe.

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By: Lulu

Lulu — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:49:33 +0000

I’ll have to try that, Maria.

By: maria verivaki

maria verivaki — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:40:51 +0000

basil is a common herb these days, but a Greek would probably use mint instead

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By: Lulu

Lulu — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:49:38 +0000

@31 Hi Sophie! Glad you visited! It’s certainly easier in the sense that you have one less pot to wash. More worries about sticking though. But the best part is that the orzo soaks in the flavor while it cooks.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:27:18 +0000

Such a good idea to cook the orzo in the tomato rather than boil then tip it into the sauce. I’m sure this will make it much tastier

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By: Lulu

Lulu — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:34:28 +0000

Hi Maria, I saw you just posted about sheep’s head, but I haven’t had a chance to read your post yet.

By: maria verivaki

maria verivaki — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:32:30 +0000

we cook orzo in the oven (with sheep’s head)

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