Leek, lemon and white bean orzo

Leek, lemon and white bean orzo

Full of goodness with leek and white bean, the vegetarian pasta recipe is ready in less than 30 minutes.

Leek, lemon and white bean orzo

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Hands-on time 20 min

Full of goodness with leek and white bean, the vegetarian pasta recipe is ready in less than 30 minutes.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
617kcals
Fat
24.9g (9g saturated)
Protein
20.4g
Carbohydrates
78.4g (4.9g sugars)
Fibre
11.9g
Salt
0.2g

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
  • Knob of butter
  • 500g trimmed leeks
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • Leaves from 3 fresh thyme sprigs, plus extra to serve
  • 400g tin cannellini beans
  • 350g orzo
  • Zest and juice 1 large unwaxed lemon
  • Good splash double cream
  • Good grating parmesan or vegetarian alternative
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Method

  1. Heat 1 tbsp of the olive oil and the butter in a large frying pan over a low-medium heat. Thinly slice the leeks and crush the garlic, then fry with the thyme leaves, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until softened. Season well.
  2. Meanwhile, drain and rinse the cannellini beans, then cook with the orzo in a large pan of lightly salted boiling water for 7 minutes. Drain. Squeeze in the lemon juice and scatter over most of the zest, then add the mixture to the leeks. Stir in the cream, taste and season.
  3. Serve scattered with the remaining lemon zest, the parmesan and some extra thyme leaves, drizzled with a little olive oil, if you like.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
617kcals
Fat
24.9g (9g saturated)
Protein
20.4g
Carbohydrates
78.4g (4.9g sugars)
Fibre
11.9g
Salt
0.2g

delicious. tips

  1. Next time, use mini macaroni instead of orzo, and chicory instead of leeks for a bitter flavour twist.

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