Bacon and mushroom orzo risotto - a comforting one-pot star ⋆ SHE EATS

Ingredients

• 200 g orzo pasta
• 500 ml vegetable stock
• 4 garlic cloves – grated / minced or very finely chopped
• 1 leek – thinly sliced
• 1 onion – finely chopped
• 200 g mushrooms
• 100 g bacon – chopped (or bacon lardons)
• 60 g Germanto piquant cheese cubes, or other Gouda cheese – torn into pieces
• Butter (optional)
• Olive / rapeseed oil
• Salt and pepper