Courgette & orzo bake

This rice-sized pasta is often used in soup but it works brilliantly in this great-value dish

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 6 - 8

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 45 mins

Vegetarian

Heat oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9. Toss the baby courgettes with half the oil in a roasting tin and roast for 10 mins, until the courgettes are starting to colour.
Reduce oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Heat the remaining oil and butter in your largest frying pan and soften the onions and garlic gently. Add the grated courgettes, and turn up the heat. Cook until softened. Stir in the orzo and wine, if using, for a minute, then turn off the heat and stir in the stock, most of the Parmesan and some seasoning.
Transfer to a baking dish and arrange the baby courgettes on top. Bake for 15 mins, take out of the oven and scatter with breadcrumbs and the remaining Parmesan and bake for 10 mins more. Eat immediately.

PER SERVING (6)

455 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 69g, fat 14 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 3g, sugar 7g, salt 0.83 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2011.

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CharLit

27 May 2011

CharLit rated and commented on this recipe

Yum! I added pine nuts, chopped dried porcini and shredded roasted red pepper to the orzo mix, all very nice additions, and replaced the butter and parmesan with vegan alternatives. Delicious!

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toniacaruana

23 July 2011

toniacaruana commented on this recipe

can someone tell me what orzo ia, as i have never heard of it ,nany thanks

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Jenny

25 July 2011

Jenny commented on this recipe

Orzo is a pasta that looks like rice! It's very yummy, found some in Asda.

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nannyg

21 May 2012

nannyg commented on this recipe

This dish is delicious and so easy to make. I have also made it using spinach instead and that was good too.

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veggibite

27 June 2012

veggibite commented on this recipe

Really delicious and the texture of the orzo was perfect. I made half the quantitiy so I was not sure I got the fluid right . I also added a little bit of dried oregano to the topping and used brown bread ..

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sally

02 April 2013

sally rated and commented on this recipe

This was a quick and tasty mid week meal. I halved the pasta and liquid as a whole bag of pasta seemed a huge amount. It would be very easy to ring the changes with other veg too.

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