orzo
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Orzo (, ; ; from Latin ), also known in Italy as '''''' (; 'large [grains of] rice'), and popular in Greek cuisine as kritharaki (κριθαράκι), is a form of short-cut pasta shaped like a large grain of rice. Orzo is made from flour, often with semolina.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Orzo
- Food.image
- Orzo.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.caption
- Uncooked orzo
- Food.alternate_name
- Risoni, pépinettes, piñones, ptitim, riewele
- Food.country
- Mediterranean basin
- Food.type
- Pasta
- Food.main_ingredient
- Durum wheat
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- type of pasta
- Subclass of
- şehriye
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Material used
- wheat flour
- Image
- Orzo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Orzo
- different from
- risotto
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Encyclopedic overview
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Orzo (, ; ; from Latin ), also known in Italy as '''''' (; 'large [grains of] rice'), and popular in Greek cuisine as kritharaki (κριθαράκι), is a form of short-cut pasta shaped like a large grain of rice. Orzo is made from flour, often with semolina.
The name is common for this pasta shape in North America, but less so in Italy, where the word usually means 'barley'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “orzo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.