A creamy and tasty main course, orzo pasta with peas is easy to prepare and delicious. A complete dish that everyone loves, made with few ingredients, with fresh peas when in season, or frozen peas, made even creamier with a generous spoonful of stracchino cheese. If you like the classic version with rice, you can try the creamy pea risotto.
Let’s not waste any more time and let’s prepare orzo pasta with peas together!
OTHER RECIPES WITH PEAS
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4 People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for preparing orzo pasta with peas
- 10.5 oz orzo pasta
- 10.5 oz peas
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 4.2 cups vegetable broth
- 3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- to taste salt and pepper
- 1.1 oz Parmesan cheese
Tools
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- Saucepan
- Blender
Steps for preparing orzo pasta with peas
First, coarsely chop one onion and one carrot. I used a red onion from Tropea, but feel free to use your favorite type. Sauté it in a saucepan with the extra virgin olive oil. Add the peas, fresh or frozen, and let them flavor for a few minutes.
Cook them for about ten minutes, adding some hot vegetable broth. Set some aside and blend until you get a cream. Add the orzo pasta and cook it as if it were risotto, gradually adding hot broth.
Add the pea cream and Parmesan cheese. Stir. I did not add salt because I salted the broth, otherwise add it during cooking. Serve and sprinkle with some good black pepper.
Storage
Orzo pasta can be stored for a couple of days in the fridge.
