Where can i buy Orzo (pasta?)

jamsandwhich

upsadaisy wrote: »

Orzo is the Italian word for barley. BUT is also the word used for the small rice shaped wheat pasta. There was a chef on t.v. recently using this.

Some waitrose do stock it.

So we need to buy it now as it will probably triple in price soon!:rotfl:

Stranger_Than_Fiction

In London, lots of Turkish, Polish and Middle Eastern food shops seem to sell it. It's great mixed into cooked mince or you can use it to make a type of risotto - or orzotto, in this case. Happy hunting!

prettypennies

Is is similar to this:

http://www.natoora.co.uk/uk/page_infoP1.asp?p=P1&code=8887

damoderby

You may find some in your local Aldi as it was a special line a few weeks ago.

Dr_DiNg_DoNg

Orzo (from Latin hordeum, sometimes called Italian rice) is Italian and means "barley," but in common usage in the United States, orzo is understood to mean rice-shaped pasta, slightly smaller than a pine nut. It is frequently used in soups. Despite its rice shape, orzo is not made out of rice but of hard wheat semolina. It is also known as risone or kritharaki.

randyravingrhian

Hi OP,

Don't know if you were still looking....but spotted this this morning - [http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_8518.htm] - hope it helps!

lushkat

I saw some yesterday in my local Asda

polarbearit

Publix in Florida sell it (along with most of the US Supermarkets)... I've no helpful uk location, but we often bring orzo back from the US! Not money saving, but handy if you are over there!

SEE

£2.95 on the net
https://www.papadeli.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1268

maestro2001

Gingernutmeg wrote: »

I thought that Orzo was a Greek/Cypriot pasta that's shaped into small ovals? I buy it regularly, I live near a couple of Greek/Cypriot grocers and they often have it in. There's a branch of TFC (Turkish Food Company?) near me too and I've bought it from there, I think it was about 59p for a 500g bag. We had it with stifado the other night and it was very good.

If you manage to find a Greek grocery-ask for kritheraki instead-thats the Greek word. I'm not in London but have managed to find it in both Lidl and Aldi on occasion but its not regularly stocked. Our local 'world food' shop has it too.