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Mediterranean orzo salad recipe

38 ratings

This hearty pasta salad is bursting with the flavours of the Med: garlic-roasted courgettes, sweet baby tomatoes, zingy lemon and fragrant basil. With juicy prawns, crisp pancetta and creamy mozzarella too, there’s plenty to make this a substantial meal everyone will love. See method

Serves 4
10 mins to prepare and 30 mins to cook
745 calories / serving

Ingredients

2 courgettes, diced
130g pack Italian smoked pancetta cubes
4 garlic cloves, skins left on
1 lemon, zested and juiced
250g pack Tesco Finest sweet mixed baby tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes)
400g orzo pasta
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp cider vinegar
2 x 150g packs cooked and peeled king prawns
30g pack basil, leaves roughly torn
200g pack mozzarella and slow roasted tomatoes

Each serving contains

Energy
3125kj
745kcal 37%
Fat
28g 40%
Saturates
8g 38%
Sugars
7g 8%
Salt
2.7g 45%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 80.9g Protein 40.5g Fibre 2.6g

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Tip the courgettes, pancetta and garlic into a roasting tray. Cook for 25 mins then remove, toss with the lemon zest and juice and tomatoes and roast for 5 mins more until the tomatoes have softened slightly.
Meanwhile, cook the orzo to pack instructions, then drain and set aside to cool.
Transfer the vegetables and pancetta from the roasting tray to a large bowl with a slotted spoon, leaving the juices behind. Leave the tray to cool to room temperature.
Squeeze the roasted garlic from the skins and crush or finely chop. Add to the tray of juices with the oil and vinegar and whisk together to make a dressing. Season to taste.
Tip the cooled orzo into the bowl with the vegetables and pancetta, add the prawns and basil, then toss with the dressing. Scatter with the mozzarella and slow roasted tomatoes to serve.

Tip: This salad is best served at room temperature, but can be made ahead. Make as above but leave out the fresh basil as it will wilt in the dressing. Store the mixed salad in the fridge, then toss through the basil just before serving.

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