Meliz Cooks Creamy Hellim & Tomato Orzo

Описание: Creamy Hellim & Tomato Orzo

My family and I LOVE this dish. The flavour combination of tomatoes, sweet sautéed onions, grated hellim and dried mint is just heavenly.

Monday night supper, done!

INGREDIENTS

Serves 4

1 large onion, finely chopped,

2 carrots, finely chopped,

2 celery sticks, finely chopped,

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped,

1 can of chopped tomatoes,

300g of orzo,

2 tbs of olive oil,

¼ tsp of ground cinnamon,

¼ of pul biber,

salt and pepper to taste,

1 tbs of tomato purée,

1tbs of sweet red pepper paste

1 litre of chicken or vegetable stock
(if you feel like it needs a little more liquid whilst cooking, add another 1/2 mugful boiling water),

1 tbsp finely chopped parsley,

1 tbsp dried mint,

200g hellim or halloumi cheese (roughly 1/3 finely grated, and the rest cut into small cubes and lightly fried)

Good pinch cracked black pepper (the hellim is quite salty so I don’t always add salt)


METHOD

Finely chop the onions, carrot, celery, and garlic and sauté on a low heat for around 10 mins.

Then, add the spices, tomato paste and red pepper paste and give it all a stir.

Add the chopped tomatoes, parsley, orzo and stock (ratio 3 1/2 times amount of stock to orzo) and cook on a low heat for a further 12-15 mins.

Stir in the finely grated hellim, dried mint and a little more parsley once the pasta’s cooked.

Cube and fry off the rest of the hellim (because, why not eh?) and stir it in with the rest of the orzo

Enjoy!

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