Spring Mushroom Orzo
From jo_jo_ba 16 years ago
- 35 minutes to make
- Serves 2
Orzo, being a rice shaped pasta, gives you the quick cooking time of pasta and the applications of rice. It works beautifully in this dish, with the fresh flavours of asparagus and herbs and the rich depth of the mushrooms and onions. Read more When in season, swap out the asparagus for garlic scapes for a pure springtime treat. Adapted from http://eatyet.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/porcini-orzo/. See less
Ingredients
- 1 small onion, diced shopping list
- 2/3 cup (dry) orzo pasta shopping list
- 5 1/2 oz (2 cups) cremini mushrooms, diced shopping list
- 20 stalks asparagus, chopped into 1" lengths shopping list
- 1 bay leaf shopping list
- 2 tsp chopped rosemary shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, minced shopping list
- 2 oz dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in 2/3 cup hot water, drained and chopped (reserve liquid) shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
- 1/2 tsp salt shopping list
- 1/2 tsp pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Heat 1/4 cup water in a wide pot or sauté pan on medium high heat.
- Add onions, stir and cook until translucent, with slight browning on edges - about 5 minutes.
- Add orzo to the pan, stirring to prevent burning.
- Add cremini mushrooms, asparagus, bay leaf, rosemary and garlic.
- Cook until mushrooms have browned well, about 5 minutes.
- Add in porcinis, their liquid, and remaining water.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cooked, covered for 10 minutes.
- Stir in salt and pepper to taste, remove bay leaf and serve.
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