Easy orzo pasta with oregano, feta and tomato sauce

Name: Easy orzo pasta with oregano, feta and tomato sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Greek recipes
Ingredients: Oil for frying; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, chopped; 1½ tbsp tomato paste; 4 fresh oregano sprigs, finely chopped; Small bunch fresh parsley or fresh dill, chopped, plus extra to serve; 2 x 400g tins plum tomatoes; 150g black olives, pitted; 300g orzo (see Know-how); 150g feta; Lemon wedges to serve

Published: 8 Mar 16
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

Make a change to your midweek bowl of pasta and use tiny rice-sized orzo to make this Mediterranean-style recipe – a great quick dinner for vegetarians.

Serves 4
Hands-on time 15 min, simmering time 25 min

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Ingredients

Oil for frying
1 large onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1½ tbsp tomato paste
4 fresh oregano sprigs, finely chopped
Small bunch fresh parsley or fresh dill, chopped, plus extra to serve
2 x 400g tins plum tomatoes
150g black olives, pitted
300g orzo (see Know-how)
150g feta
Lemon wedges to serve

Method

Heat a big glug of olive oil in a large frying pan over a low-medium heat, then gently fry the onion and garlic for 10 minutes until very soft. Increase the heat to high, add the tomato paste and herbs and cook for 1 minute, stirring. Add the plum tomatoes and olives and reduce on a medium-high heat for 15-20 minutes until thick – crush the tomatoes in the pan with a wooden spoon.
Meanwhile, cook the orzo in a large pot of boiling salted water until very nearly cooked (about 8 minutes). Rinse the orzo under warm water and drain well. Add the orzo to the tomato sauce, and season lightly (see Food Team’s tip). Crumble over the feta and serve with extra herbs and lemon wedges, if you like.

Recipe from January 2016 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 532kcals
Fat: 19.7g(6.8g saturated)
Protein: 18.5g
Carbohydrates: 66.2g(12.7g sugars)
Fibre: 8.1g
Salt: 1.9g

delicious. tips

Tinned tomatoes can be quite acidic, so taste the tomato sauce and add a pinch of sugar if you think it needs it.
Orzo is small, rice-shaped pasta (buy it in most supermarkets). Any short pasta will do for this recipe but check the cooking time as it may need longer.

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