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Herby courgette, olive & lemon orzo salad

Herby courgette, olive & lemon orzo salad

A fresh yet punchy springtime salad, that’s wonderful warm or at room temperature.

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  • Serves4
  • CourseLunch
  • Prepare10 mins
  • Cook10 mins
  • Total time20 mins
  • Plusoptional cooling

Ingredients

  • 250g orzo
  • 600g pack Essential Courgettes
  • 100g Essential Pitted Green Olives, drained and roughly chopped
  • ½ unwaxed lemon, finely grated zest and juice
  • 2 clove/s garlic, crushed
  • 20g pack dill, chopped, leaves only
  • 25g flat leaf parsley, leaves only, chopped
  • ¼ tsp crushed chillies
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Method

  1. Cook the orzo in a large pan of boiling water, according to pack instructions. Meanwhile, cut the courgettes into thin rounds, then into matchsticks.

  2. Tip the courgettes into a large bowl, add the remaining ingredients and season with salt to taste. Just before draining the pasta, stir 2 tbsp of the cooking water into the salad.

  3. Tip the courgettes into a large bowl, add the remaining ingredients and season with salt to taste. Just before draining the pasta, stir 2 tbsp of the cooking water into the salad.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

1,909kJ/ 456kcals

Fat

21g

Saturated Fat

3.3g

Carbohydrates

52g

Sugars

4g

Fibre

5.3g

Protein

13g

Salt

0.8g

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