BROCCOLI MUSHROOM ORZO BAKE — Sprouted Kitchen

BROCCOLI + MUSHROOM ORZO BAKE // Serves 6

It’s like a mac n cheese-ish pasta bake however with some greens in it. My youngsters like broccoli, however you may get away with no matter your individuals like in related quantity, and cooked earlier than including it in. As long as the mushrooms are tremendous small, I can squeeze these by them. Sub in peas or hunks of cooked butternut squash or add in 1/2 lb. of browned Italian sausage for those who desire an animal protein in there.

In the event you’re making this to ship or freeze, assemble all the things via the panko parm topper, and wrap it in foil. Cross alongside instructions to deliver it to room temperature earlier than baking.

Components

2 Tbsp. of additional virgin olive oil or butter
1 small yellow onion – chopped small
8 oz. of mushrooms – cleaned, tremendous properly chopped
3 cloves of garlic – minced
sea salt
pepper
2/3 cup of white wine
1 pinch of purple pepper flakes
2 tsp. of recent thyme leaves
3 cups of vegetable or rooster inventory
1/2 lb. of orzo (about 1 heaping cup)
10 oz. of broccoli florets – steamed & chopped
1/2 cup of heavy cream
1 lemon – zested
4 oz. of grated fontina or Italian cheese mix

1 cup of panko
1/4 cup of parmesean
further virgin olive oil
recent parsley – chopped

Instructions

Grease an 8” pan or 10” oven-proof skillet. Preheat the oven to 400’.

In a big Dutch oven or skillet over medium, warmth your oil or butter. Add the onion, and sauté a couple of minutes till tender. Add the mushrooms, garlic, huge pinches of salt and pepper and sauté one other 5 minutes, till the liquid is launched and also you get some browning. Stir within the wine and prepare dinner one other 5 minutes to prepare dinner down. Stir within the pepper flakes, thyme, and switch off the warmth.

In one other pot, warmth the broth to a mild boil. Add the orzo and prepare dinner for about 7 minutes till simply tender. Sure, it should take up a lot of the moisture.

Switch the orzo and any residual broth to the pot with the mushrooms. Add the steamed broccoli, cream, lemon zest, cheese and one other pinch of salt and pepper. Fold all the things to mix. It needs to be free.

Switch the combination to your ready pan. Sprinkle the panko and parm on high, and drizzle it with olive oil (it may be refrigerated for a day or frozen at this level. Deliver the refrigerated one to room temperature earlier than baking. Cook dinner the frozen one, lined for 25 then uncovered for 20). Bake for 20 minutes, uncovered, till the highest is golden brown.

Garnish with recent herbs.

Your entire casserole might be assembled as much as a day prematurely and baked simply earlier than serving. It may be frozen pre-bake as properly.

This makes a variety of meals, could be an ideal one to double and present or freeze for later.

As long as you get your mushrooms and broccoli small, mine beloved it!

Jovial makes a cassava-based orzo. It will probably get gummy, however I believe it should nonetheless work right here. It’s attainable a long-grain brown rice would work right here, too. I might simply steam it earlier than assembling, and add two eggs in there for those who can to assist it maintain some form.