• Traditional Soutzoukakia - 350g - Greek Flavours
  • Traditional Soutzoukakia - 350g - Greek Flavours
  • Traditional Soutzoukakia - 350g - Greek Flavours
  • Traditional Soutzoukakia - 350g - Greek Flavours
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Amvrosia

Greek Soutzoukakia with Orzo - Fresh, Never Frozen (350g)

Greek Soutzoukakia with Orzo - Fresh, Never Frozen (350g)
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Product Description

Meatballs and orzo in one tray, the way a Thessaloniki kitchen sends them out

Soutzoukakia are the Greek meatballs shaped long rather than round, simmered in tomato instead of fried dry, and served over kritharaki, the rice-shaped durum wheat pasta the rest of Europe knows as orzo. Amvrosia makes this version in Sindos, outside Thessaloniki, and chills it rather than freezing it. Half the tray is boiled orzo and 28% is meatballs, which puts just under 20% minced meat of EU origin in the finished dish: 80% pork and 20% beef. Tomato, onion, a spice blend and 3,5% extra virgin olive oil do the rest.

The meatballs are soft rather than firm, because they carry wheat rusk and finish their cooking in the sauce instead of being seared. The orzo underneath cooks in the tomato and takes its colour from it, which is also what keeps it from drying out when the tray is reheated. The flavour is plain in the Greek domestic sense, warm and without a sharp edge, the sort of thing eaten on a weeknight rather than ordered in a restaurant. One thing is worth knowing before you open it: this is a pasta dish with meatballs on top, and the orzo is half of it by recipe.

A 350g tray carries 42g of protein and 777 kcal, which puts it among full main courses rather than light lunches. It also has the shortest ingredient list of the ready meals in this range: nine items, no additives, no colourings, no modified starch. The dish itself reached Greece with the refugees from Smyrna in the 1920s, most of whom settled in and around Thessaloniki, which is where it is still made.

No preservatives, and chilled rather than frozen: how that works

Fresh food ordered online raises the same question every time, which is how it keeps without either a freezer or a preservative. The answer here is the packaging rather than the recipe. The tray is sealed in a protective atmosphere, and that is what keeps the dish while nothing is added to it.

  • No preservatives in the recipe. Nine ingredients, and the list printed on the tray is the whole story.
  • Keep refrigerated below +7°C, and once opened, eat within 24 hours.
  • Never frozen at any point, which is why the orzo keeps its bite instead of arriving soft. The use-by date is printed on the tray.

How to use it

  • Oven, 180°C for 13 to 15 minutes once preheated. Pierce the film in two spots first; remove it before serving.
  • Microwave, 3 to 4 minutes at 800W, same piercing step. Keep the tray clear of the oven element and the grill.
  • A weeknight main on its own, straight from the tray onto a warm plate.
  • With a green salad and a piece of feta, which is how it is eaten in Greece rather than with bread.

Nutritional Components

Half orzo, half meatball: what a 350g tray actually holds

Soutzoukakia with orzo is built on two components in fixed proportion: 50% boiled durum wheat pasta and 28% meatballs, of which 71% is minced meat. That leaves just under 20% minced meat in the finished dish, which is where most of the protein comes from, and it is also why the tray reads as a pasta dish rather than a meat dish.

What the numbers mean in practice

  • A complete plate: pasta and meat in one tray, with tomato and olive oil as the sauce. Nothing else is needed to make it a meal.
  • 42g of protein per tray: 12,0g per 100g, from durum wheat and minced meat. Protein supplies 21,6% of the energy in this dish, the highest density of the trays in this range.
  • 777 kcal per tray: a full main course, comparable to a restaurant plate of pasta with meat rather than a light lunch.
  • Nine ingredients, no additives: no colourings, no modified starch, no preservatives. The tray holds because it is sealed in a protective atmosphere, not because anything was added to the recipe.
  • Salt 1,06g per 100g, which is 3,7g in a full tray. Worth knowing if you are watching sodium: this is a seasoned oven dish, not a low-salt product.

Nutritional values per 100g

  • Energy: 929 kJ / 222 kcal
  • Fat: 12,3g — of which saturates: 1,4g
  • Carbohydrates: 15,7g — of which sugars: 1,3g
  • Fibre: 1,3g
  • Protein: 12,0g
  • Salt: 1,06g

Per 350g tray: 3.252 kJ / 777 kcal, 43,1g fat, 4,9g saturates, 55,0g carbohydrates, 4,6g sugars, 4,6g fibre, 42,0g protein, 3,7g salt.

Ingredients

50% boiled orzo (water, durum wheat semolina), 28% meatballs [71% minced meat (EU) (80% pork, 20% beef), water, wheat bread rusk, onion, cooking salt, spices], tomato, 3,5% extra virgin olive oil, sunflower oil, sugar.

Allergens

Contains wheat (gluten). May contain traces of milk, sesame seeds, mustard, egg, celery, soybeans, fish, shrimps and crabs.

Produced and packed by Amvrosia SA, Sindos Industrial Zone NB6, Thessaloniki. All figures are taken from the printed label on the tray, which prevails over any other source.

Useful Information

Storage guide: below +7°C, and what the sealed tray does

This is a fresh, chilled dish, not an ambient or frozen one, and everything about how it's kept follows from that. It travels cold, it lives in the fridge, and the sealed film is what protects it until you open it.

How to store it correctly

  • Keep refrigerated below +7°C: put it in the fridge as soon as it arrives, in the coldest part rather than the door.
  • Do not freeze it: boiled pasta is the ingredient that freezing damages most, and a chilled ready meal is not built to be frozen at home.
  • Leave the film sealed: the protective atmosphere inside the tray is doing the preservation work, and once the seal is broken, that protection ends.

Freshness timeline

  • Unopened, refrigerated: keeps until the use-by date printed on the tray. Check that date when the parcel arrives.
  • Opened: eat within 24 hours, kept refrigerated.
  • Heated: eat straight away. Do not reheat a second time.

Suggested preparation

  • Remove the outer cardboard sleeve.
  • Pierce the sealing film in two spots with a fork.
  • Oven: 180°C in a preheated oven for 13 to 15 minutes. Temperature and time vary with the oven.
  • Microwave: 3 to 4 minutes at 800W.
  • Remove the film and serve. The tray must not come into contact with the oven element or the grill.

Product details

  • Format: single sealed tray, ready to heat
  • Net weight: 350g
  • Origin: made and packed in Greece, Sindos Industrial Zone, Thessaloniki
  • Producer: Amvrosia SA
  • Storage: refrigerated, below +7°C, never frozen
  • Allergens: contains wheat (gluten)

Why a chilled tray rather than a frozen one

Short pasta is one of the things freezing treats worst. Water inside the orzo forms crystals, and on thawing the grains lose the firmness that lets them stay separate in the sauce, which is why frozen pasta dishes tend to reach the table uniformly soft. A chilled tray skips all of that: the dish is cooked in Greece, cooled, sealed, and the only heat it sees afterwards is yours. The trade is a shorter window, not a lesser dish.

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Customer Reviews

Overall rating: 4.5 / 5 from 38 reviews.

Customer video review of Traditional Soutzoukakia - 350g

Prodotto molto molto buono !!!

Carlo S. 5/5 Verified

Customer video review of Traditional Soutzoukakia - 350g

très bon on retrouve le goût comme si on y était

B. 5/5 Verified

Bon mais pas comme du tout frais

D. 4/5 Verified

Really great for a microwaveable dish!

Valentinos K. 5/5 Verified

I can only say that everything was SUPER.The delivery, the quality of the products and all things are super tasty. Yours sincerely, Brigitte Taelman

Brigitte T. 5/5 Verified

Très bien. Merci

Georgia A. 5/5 Verified

Supers bonnes boulettes avec de l’ouzo .Bonne combinaison .

Didier M. 5/5 Verified

PAS TRES BON

Michel P. 2/5 Verified

Non conoscevo questo piatto. Devo dire che l'ho trovato piuttosto buono.

Luciano T. 4/5 Verified

Erfüllt die Erwartungen

Christos C. 4/5 Verified

ottimo

Manlio G. 5/5 Verified

Delicious !!

Andre S. 5/5 Verified

Plat un peu juste par rapport au prix

Nadine Q. 5/5 Verified

Ein bisschen mehr Fleisch und dafür weniger Teigwaren wäre noch besser!

Ulf D. M. 5/5 Verified

Super lecker,werden wir immer wieder bestellen

Constance K. 5/5 Verified

Just too good

Nøk B. 5/5 Verified

Molto buono e ben fatto

Ristorante T. 5/5 Verified

Schmeckt sehr gut, können wir nur weiterempfehlen!!!

Constance K. 5/5 Verified

Όλα εντάξει!! εξαιρετική συσκευασία, προϊόντα όπως τα ήθελα! Ευχαριστώ!!

Ristorante T. 5/5 Verified

Un régal! Je recommande.

Jean-pierre A. 5/5 Verified

C’était moyen et pas de ressemblance avec la photo.

Barbara V. 3/5 Verified

Comme à la taverne

Gilbert M. 5/5 Verified

très bon produit

Ariane G. 5/5 Verified

Barquette du commerce

Ddv 4/5 Verified

Excellent produit le goût la qualité c'est parfait

Paillot V. 5/5 Verified

Préparé comme en Grèce, Parfait

André 5/5 Verified

Piatto davvero buono

Penelope F. 4/5 Verified

Il y a peu de Viande, mais très bon gout....

Daniel L. 4/5 Verified

Ca change!

M E. 4/5 Verified

Delicious and easy to make, I will keep buying it

Jordi L. 5/5 Verified

Pas terrible,la viande pas goûteuse

Georges M. 2/5 Verified

saporito e buono

Luciano D. 4/5 Verified

Average at best

Aa S. 3/5 Verified

Très bon..

Mariastella O. 4/5 Verified

Food good to eat

Pietro V. 5/5 Verified

be careful about prices

Jean-pierre M. 4/5 Verified

Molto buona.

Cristian L. 5/5 Verified

Great flavor, very easy to warm!

Maria D. 5/5 Verified