Growing Chefs! Ontario Lemon Orzo With Asparagus
Lemon Orzo With Asparagus
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For The Dressing
Ingredients
For The Orzo
Ingredients
Equipment
Get Organized
Gather your mis en place; get together all of your equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.
Get Prepped
Measure out the dried dill, olive oil, vegetable stock, water, turmeric, and orzo and set aside
Slice the green onion thinly into rounds, using both the green and the white part of the onion, and discarding the root end.
With a rasp, the lemon, Cut it in half, and squeeze out as much juice as possible, catching and discarding the seeds. zest
Remove the peel form the garlic, and grate with a rasp. Alternately you can mince the garlic finely with a chef’s knife.
Crumble the feta cheese into a bowl.
Clean the asparagus, remove the woody stems, and snap into one inch pieces .
Get Cooking
In a pot of boiling water, cook asparagus until just tender, about 2 minuets. Rinse asparagus in cool water to stop cooking.
Pour the vegetable stock and water in a large pot and bring to a boil. add the salt and turmeric.
Add the orzo and cook with the water simmering gently until tender – about 10 to 12 minuets.
if there is more than 1 cup of additional liquid in the pot, drain the orzo, but do not rinse it.
place the hot orzo in a spacious, heat-resistant bowl and add the asparagus and green onion.
In a medium bowl, add the garlic for the dressing, along with the dill, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Whisk together well, and with salt and pepper. continue to whisk, and add the olive oil in a slow stream to season the dressing. emulsify
Pour the dressing onto the orzo and mix together well.
Top with crumbled Feta Cheese.

Growing Chefs! Ontario Recipe
Lemon Orzo With Asparagus
For The Dressing
Ingredients
For The Orzo
Ingredients
Equipment
Get Organized
Gather your mis en place; get together all of your equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.
Get Prepped
Measure out the dried dill, olive oil, vegetable stock, water, turmeric, and orzo and set aside
Slice the green onion thinly into rounds, using both the green and the white part of the onion, and discarding the root end.
With a rasp, the lemon, Cut it in half, and squeeze out as much juice as possible, catching and discarding the seeds. zest
Remove the peel form the garlic, and grate with a rasp. Alternately you can mince the garlic finely with a chef’s knife.
Crumble the feta cheese into a bowl.
Clean the asparagus, remove the woody stems, and snap into one inch pieces .
Get Cooking
In a pot of boiling water, cook asparagus until just tender, about 2 minuets. Rinse asparagus in cool water to stop cooking.
Pour the vegetable stock and water in a large pot and bring to a boil. add the salt and turmeric.
Add the orzo and cook with the water simmering gently until tender – about 10 to 12 minuets.
if there is more than 1 cup of additional liquid in the pot, drain the orzo, but do not rinse it.
place the hot orzo in a spacious, heat-resistant bowl and add the asparagus and green onion.
In a medium bowl, add the garlic for the dressing, along with the dill, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Whisk together well, and with salt and pepper. continue to whisk, and add the olive oil in a slow stream to season the dressing. emulsify
Pour the dressing onto the orzo and mix together well.
Top with crumbled Feta Cheese.