
Leek, lemon and white bean orzo
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Easy
- April 2014

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Serves 4
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Hands-on time 20 min
Full of goodness with leek and white bean, the vegetarian pasta recipe is ready in less than 30 minutes.
- 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
Method
- 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.
- 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.
- Serve scattered with the remaining lemon zest, the parmesan and some extra thyme leaves, drizzled with a little olive oil, if you like.
delicious. tips
Next time, use mini macaroni instead of orzo, and chicory instead of leeks for a bitter flavour twist.
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