Easier than pasta: orzo with mussels and vegetables for dinner

Iryna MelnichenkoLS Food
Orzo pasta with mussels. Source: freepik

If you want to cook a tasty and satisfying dish for dinner, but don't want to spend a lot of time, choose pasta, rice, orzo, for example, and be sure to add meat, seafood, and vegetables.

Orzo with vegetables and mussels

The chef shared a recipe for a delicious orzo with mussels, vegetables, Parmesan cheese, and cream on Instagram.

Recipe of the dish

Ingredients:

  • 100 g of orzo pasta
  • 15 g of butter
  • 1 onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • sweet pepper (I had half)
  • 300-400 g of mussels
  • salt, herbs of Provence
  • 150 ml. cream 15-20%
  • parsley
  • parmesan cheese

Method of preparation:

1. Put the pasta in boiling salted water and boil for 15-20 minutes.

Vegetables with mussels

2. Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the onion and garlic over medium heat, then add the bell pepper.

Cooking

3. Then add the pre-thawed mussels, salt, add spices, and mix well. Pour the cream at room temperature, reduce the heat to low, and cook for another 6-7 minutes!

Orzo with mussels

4. Add parsley and orzo paste to the sauce, mix, and add grated Parmesan cheese on a fine grater.

Ready to eat

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