Baked Orzo And Shrimp
This dish is absolutely excellent! Lovely! if you choose, use bow-tie pasta or some other small pasta. Found on a food blog and can't remember which, am sorry.
Steps
Preheat oven to 425f.
Cook onion , garlic , oregano , and red pepper flakes in 1 tablespoon oil in a 4-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat , stirring , until onion is softened , about 3 minutes.
Add wine and boil until reduced by 1 / 2 , about 3 minutes.
Stir in tomatoes and salt , then reduce heat , and simmer briskly , stirring frequently , until slightly thickened , about 8 minutes.
Stir shrimp into sauce and simmer , stirring occasionally , until shrimp are just cooked through , about 3 minutes.
While sauce and shrimp are cooking , cook orzo in a 6-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
Reserve 1 / 2 cup cooking water , then drain orzo in a sieve.
Return orzo to pot and toss with remaining tablespoon oil.
Stir in sauce with shrimp and reserved cooking water , then add olives and salt and pepper , to taste.
Spoon 1 / 2 of pasta into an oiled 13 by 9 by 2-inch glass baking dish , then sprinkle with 1 / 2 of feta.
Top with remaining pasta and feta , then b.
Ingredients
onion, garlic cloves, dried oregano, hot red pepper flakes, olive oil, dry white wine, crushed tomatoes, salt, large shrimp, orzo pasta, kalamata olives, feta