Recipe information
Yield
serves 4
Ingredients
1 lemon
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
1 cup orzo
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
Preparation
Step 1
Use a vegetable peeler to remove peel from half the lemon in wide strips (leaving the bitter white pith behind). Thinly slice peel with a sharp knife. Halve lemon, and squeeze to extract 2 tablespoons juice.
Step 2
Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil; add a generous amount of salt. Add orzo and lemon peel. Cook until orzo is al dente according to package instructions; drain, and return to pan.
Step 3
Add lemon juice, oil, and scallions. Season with salt and pepper; toss to combine. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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