Wild Lice – It’s What’s For Dinner!

Entertaining at Halloween means great gross and ghoulish food and treats. Each day until Halloween, Fraccers will post a gross recipe for you to impress your friends with. With today being Halloween, you want to serve your friends and loved ones something really special… don’t you?
How about Lice?

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Wild Lice Side Dish

2 cups orzo noodles
1/4 cup light cream
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon fresh parsley — chopped
(or 1 teaspoon dried parsley)
1/2 teaspoon pepper
(hot pepper flakes to taste…)
1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil 

Grated mozzarella for topping – as much or as little as you like.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare the orzo according to the directions on the package. Drain the orzo through a colander. Pour the orzo into a large bowl and add to it the cream, butter, parmesan cheese (reserve 1 Tablespoon for topping), parsley and peppers. Toss well. Grease a casserole dish with the vegetable oil. Fill with the orzo (lice), top with the grated mozzarella, sprinkle with the reserved parmesan and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and browned. (The parmesan helps with the browning)

This could be turned into a main course with the addition of cooked meatballs or chunks of cooked ham or beef.

Boo-bye for now.