How to Make Mushroom Orzo from My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas, Season 3

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and offers a similar richness.

Start with olive oil in a pan.

Add diced onion and red peppers.

Incorporate garlic into the mixture.

Tear shiitake mushrooms into strips and add them to the pan.

Add chanterelles and oyster mushrooms, tearing them by hand.

Include dried porcini mushrooms and add porcini powder and chili powder for flavor.

Add 2 kilos of orzo to the mixture.

Deglaze the pan with wine.

Pour in mushroom stock and add red pepper flakes and thyme.

Add porcini powder, about one tablespoon, and adjust as needed.

Incorporate parmesan cheese into the dish.

Finish with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

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