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    Orzo with Feta, Green Beans and Tomatoes

    Source of Recipe

    Marsha

    List of Ingredients

    1-1/4 pounds haricots verts (thin French green beans) or green beans
    2 cups orzo (rice shaped pasta)
    2 medium onions
    4 garlic cloves
    6 medium vine-ripened tomatoes
    4 tablespoons olive oil
    2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
    2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves
    2 cups crumbled feta (about 12 ounces)
    Salt and pepper

    Recipe

    Fill a 4-quart kettle 3/4 full with salted water and bring to a boil for beans and orzo.

    Chop onion and mince garlic. Quarter and seed tomatoes. Cut quarters lengthwise into 1/4-inch thick slices. Trim beans and cut into 1-inch pieces. In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in oil over moderate heat until onion is softened. Add tomatoes and cook, stirring, until tomatoes are softened, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.

    Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water. In boiling salted water blanch beans 1 minute. With a slotted spoon transfer beans to ice water to stop cooking. Drain beans well in a colander and pat dry. Add beans to tomato mixture and return water in kettle to a boil. Boil orzo until al dente and drain in colander. Add orzo to bean mixture with vinegar, parsley, feta, and salt and pepper to taste, tossing to combine well.

 

 

 


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