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It’s taken me so long to learn the name of this Greek side dish. I made it weeks ago and ever since, I’ve had to look up the name of it every time I think about it. It bugs me so much when I can’t remember something.
Buuut the name has finally stuck – prasorizo! When you think about it, it’s pretty obvious – I’m going to assume that ‘rizo’ means ‘rice’ in Greek (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong!), so I guess ‘praso’ must mean ‘leeks’. Whatever the real meaning, that’s what it should mean, because that’s what it is: Greek rice with leeks. Praso-rizo. Those Greeks sure do like their self-explanatory food names.
Really, this dish is like a Greek version of a risotto (at least, my version is anyway). It starts in much the…
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