One of my great pleasures as a food blogger is the opportunity to try products that I otherwise would never have access to. A while back I was offered the chance to try out some of Pastamore’s gourmet gluten free pasta line from J.D. Gourmet. I got three (so there will be more recipes to come) but straight out of the box I KNEW I had to try the lemon garlic orzo in Pioneer Woman’s Baked Lemon Pasta. The only changes I made to her recipe was to half it, use light sour cream, and add in some rotisserie chicken for Mr. Carnivore. And of course using this gluten free orzo instead of the spaghetti.
The pasta itself has a lovely flavor, though not quite enough on its own to enjoy with just a touch of olive oil, IMO. It paired beautifully with the lemon and garlic in this cream sauce. The texture was properly pasta-like and did not become overly gelatinous on sitting (we had half for leftovers) as so many gluten free pastas do. Overall, I was very impressed with the quality of this product! Thank you J.D. Gourmet for this opportunity. I’ll be writing about the tomato basil fettucini and the wild mushroom linguini as I try them.