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Baked Tomatoes Stuffed With Orzo (5 Points) from the Recipes EU Collection

 


Baked Tomatoes Stuffed With Orzo (5 Points) Recipe

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Baked Tomatoes Stuffed With Orzo (5 Points)
5 1/3 oz orzo
4 large tomatoes, firm, ripe
sugar
2/3 tsp salt
black pepper
1/3 tsp dried oregano, rubbed
1/3 cup mozzarella cheese, part skim milk, cubed
2 2/3 tbsp reduced-calorie margarine
2/3 medium onion, finely chopped
1 1/3 pt lowfat chicken broth
2 2/3 tbsp parmesan cheese, freshly grated


Remove the center pulp and seeds from the tomatoes, hollowing them out
well. Lightly sprinkle into each tomato a little sugar, salt, pepper and
oregano; place four cubes of mozzarella in each tomato.

Preheat oven to 400-degrees.

Melt the butter in a saucepan and saute the onion in it until soft; stir
in the orzo, stirring well so each grain of pasta is coated. Pour in 2
cups of the chicken broth, stir well, and simmer until it is absorbed,
adding more broth gradually until the orzo is about three quarters cooked;
firmer than al dente (I cooked mine longer--don't like pasta that firm).
Taste it as you go and cook until it's as firm as you like. Blend in the
Parmesan, stirring it in well.

Spoon the orzo mixture into the hollowed tomatoes, filling them. Place the
filled tomatoes in a casserole or baking dish with 1/2 cup of hot broth in
the bottom of the dish.

Bake, covered, for 15 minutes; remove the cover and cook an additional 10
minutes.








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