Orzo noodles with olives and lemon

Time

Total preparation time: 45 min.

Orzo noodles look like giant rice grains. Here they are served with olives, lemon, parsley and feta.

Orzo noodles are known from the Greeks; a very tasty side dish. Today they are the star in this pasta dish.

ingredients

  • 400 g of Orzo
  • 150 g green olives without stone
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 lemon, juice and grated peel
  • 150 g of feta cheese in tiny cubes
  • 1 big bunch of chopped parsley with big leaves

preparation

  1. The orzo noodles are cooked soft in a saucepan of salted water.
  2. In a bowl you mix the feta cheese, the olive oil, the chopped olives and the lemon juice and the abrasion.
  3. The leaves of parsley are plucked, chopped and lifted.
  4. The cooked noodles are poured off and mixed with the remaining ingredients. Apply hot.
  5. Tomato salad tastes great.

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