Tomatoes Stuffed with Orzo

By Hester

Orzo are pasta noodles that are shaped like rice.

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb orzo
• 6 large tomatoes, firm and ripe
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, cubed
• 4 Tbsp. butter
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 4 Tbsp. parmesan cheese
• sugar
• black pepper, freshly ground

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from keyingredient.ca

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter in a saucepan and saute the onion until its soft; add the orzo and stir in half the chicken stock and simmer until it is absorbed, adding more stock gradually until the orzo is about three quarters cooked. Blend in parmesan cheese, stirring well.

While the pasta is simmering, remove the center pulp and seeds from the tomatoes, hallowing them out well. Lightly sprinkle into each tomato a little sugar, salt, pepper and oregano; place four cubes of mozzarella in each tomato.

Spoon the orzo mixture into the hollowed tomatoes, filling them. Place the filled tomatoes in a casserole or baking dish with 1/2 cup of hot stock in the bottom of the dish.

Bake, covered in a preheated 400F oven for 25 minutes. Remove the cover for the last 10 minutes.