Red Orzo soup

When nights call for some extra warmth, a soup is the perfect cooking choice.

This recipe uses orzo, this kind of rice-shaped pasta, popular in Italy, Greece and Turkey, as well as some ripe fresh tomatoes.

Laziness Factor: 2

[where 0 is biting a banana and 4 is winning a Nobel prize]

Ingredients for 8 servings:

– 300g wholewheat orzo

– 6 ripe tomatoes

– 2 red onions

– 4 garlic cloves

– some paprika

– salt, olive oil

 

1.

Chop the onions and peel the garlic cloves.

 

2.

Put them in a large pot with hot olive oil and saute until clear.

 

3.

Cut the tomatoes and put them in a blender. Blend until they become a thick sauce

 

4.

Add the tomato sauce to the pot. Also add salt and paprika.

 

5.

Then add the orzo.

 

6.

Also add 2,5 litres of water (generally it’s 1 part of orzo for 8 parts of water).

 

7.

Boil for 20 minutes and add some raw olive oil when your turn the heat off.

 

8.

Serve with cheese or only some pepper. Bon appetit!

 

Here’s a video version of this recipe:

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