Fresh lemon orzo
Ingredients
- 1 lemon
- 2 green onions
- 1/2 small yellow onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 300g orzo
- 1tsp oil
- 2tbsp butter
- 1/4 chicken broth
- 3/4 cup frozen peas
- 1 cup parmesan (Note 1)
- 2 cups reserved pasta water (Note 2)
- Meatball recipe from page 33
Directions
- Prep: zest the lemon, slice green onion, mince garlic, finely dice onion.
- Cook your orzo according to package minus 2 minutes, reserving water.
- In a large pan over medium heat, add your oil and sauté onion for 3 minutes, add garlic and sauté for 1 minute.
- Add butter, once melted, add chicken broth and shake pan to emulsify.
- Add orzo and mix, add peas (frozen), and 1 cup of the reserved pasta water, mix and cover for 2 minutes.
- Increase heat to medium-high; add the parmesan and mix while shaking the pan (Note 3).
- Turn off heat, add lemon zest, green onion & the juice of half the lemon - serve!
Notes
- The 1 cup measurement is based on a loosely package cup of microplaned fresh parm, if you use pregrated from the store this recipe may not turn out.
- You likely won’t use a whole 2 cups, but better to reserve more than not enough.
- If you would like a thinner sauce or think it looks dry after this step, you can add more pasta water - just make sure you mix vigorously when doing so.
