Orzo with butter, lemon & herbs

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• Wildbluesun

  24 April 2010

  Wildbluesun commented on this recipe

  I took this recipe more as inspiration and did the following... Melted 8g (I was making this for one) butter in a frying pan, added dried oregano and basil, cherry tomatoes, and mushrooms. While they were frying I boiled up 50g farfellini (a small pasta shape usually used in soups) and juiced half a lemon. Once the farfellini were done I stirred in the vegetables, lemon juice, and a tablespoon ricotta cheese, then took it into school as a cold pasta salad for lunch. It was nice, but I don't think I'll be making it again; it made my bag smell too funny. XD

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• Trisha

  19 April 2011

  Trisha rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I love this. What a great change from potatoes. Had the herbs in my garden. Easily halved ingredients to make 3 serves.

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• andyjp

  31 October 2011

  andyjp commented on this recipe

  orzo is barley and not a pasta shape - maybe even pearl barley

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• Mo B

  24 November 2011

  Mo B commented on this recipe

  Sorry Andyip - you're wrong Orzo is pasta:- Rainbow risoni pasta. courtesy of Wikipedia Orzo (Italian for "barley", from Latin hordeum),[1] also known as risoni (It.: "big rice") outside the Western Hemisphere, is a form of pasta, in the shape of a large grain of rice, slightly smaller than a pine nut. It is often served with a ragù, used in soup, or baked in a casserole. While it was originally made from barley, orzo today is a hard wheat semolina product. It is also found as kritharáki ("little barley") and manéstra in Greek cuisine, arpa �ehriye in Turkish cooking, and lis�n al-`uṣfūr ("songbird tongue") in Arab cooking. Orzo is sometimes referred to as "Italian rice".

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Ingredients

• 300g orzo (a small barley-shaped pasta)
• 50g butter
• 1 garlic clove , crushed
• 1 lemon , juiced
• 4 tbsp grated parmesan
• 1 small bunch parsley , chopped
• 1 small bunch basil , chopped

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Serves 6

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Ready in 15 minutes

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Ingredients

• 300g orzo (a small barley-shaped pasta)
• 50g butter
• 1 garlic clove , crushed
• 1 lemon , juiced
• 4 tbsp grated parmesan
• 1 small bunch parsley , chopped
• 1 small bunch basil , chopped

Per serving

249 kcalories, protein 8.2g, carbohydrate 35.4g, fat 9.2 g, saturated fat 5.4g, fibre 0.2g, salt 0.25 g

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