How to cook orzo in oven?

fixit_fiona

A while ago I had an orzo dish in a restaurant, where the Orzo had been cooked in the oven together with vegetable stock, garlic, herbs, and cherry tomatoes. The waiter said that the trick is to put the raw Orzo into the hot olive oil with garlic and top it up with the liquid to cook it directly in the oven. I tried to re-cook the dish but unfortunately, the orzo had either been too cooked/ sticky or not cooked through or got hard on the top. I...

Originally asked by Hannah on Stack Exchange (cooking) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

You would need to experiment; but I would start with a 1:1 ratio of liquid to orzo. I would cover the dish with aluminium foil to keep as much moisture in. Remember that the cherry tomatoes will also release some moisture. look at the dish from time to time, if it's not cooked and missing liquid, add some more; if it's cooked and there's too much liquid, quit the cooking and next time use less liquid. You can always add more liquid, but never remove some.

Full answer by Max: https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/116877 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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