Seared Sausage
with Warm Orzo and Veggies
In all honesty, orzo isn’t the traditional kind of pasta that most British households carry. Unlike our dear friends spaghetti and penne, orzo makes us feel a bit fancy. It makes us feel like saying: “Oooh! Don’t mind if I do!”. It’s pasta that they’ve shaped like a bit of rice. Good try! We know a good pasta dish when we taste it and this is one of those!
Boxes and ingredients are packed in facilities that handles Peanut, Nuts, Sesame, Fish, Crustaceans, Milk, Egg, Mustard, Celery, Soya, Gluten and Sulphites. Due to the war in Ukraine, it has been necessary to substitute sunflower oil with rapeseed oil in some products without a label change. The FSA have advised that allergic reactions to rapeseed oil are rare.
Ingredients
3
Flat Leaf Parsley
½
Red Onion
2
Garlic Clove
2
Carrot
1
Cherry Tomatoes
1
Courgette
(May contain Celery)
1
Red Pepper
½
Lemon
1
Pork Sausage
(Contains Sulphites, Cereals containing gluten)
1
Orzo
(Contains Cereals containing gluten May contain Soya, Egg)
Nutritional information
Utensils
Instructions
Bring a large pot of water to the boil with ¼ tsp of salt. Roughly chop the parsley. Peel and chop the onion into roughly 2cm pieces and peel and chop your garlic. Peel and chop your carrots in half lengthways then chop both halves again lengthways, cut into batons roughly the size of your little finger. Half the tomatoes. Cut the courgette in half lengthways and slice into ½cm half moons slices. Remove the core from the pepper and cut into 1cm slices. Cut half the lemon into wedges.
Heat 1 tsp of oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Slice open the sausage and remove the meat. Discard the skin and cook the meat in the pan until browned off - about 6 mins. Set aside.
In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp of oil over a medium heat. Add the onion, carrot and courgette and season with ¼ tsp of salt and a few good grinds of black pepper. Cook, tossing, for about 4 mins.
Meanwhile, add the orzo to the boiling water. Cook for about 7-9 mins, until al dente. Drain, reserving 1/4 of a cup of pasta water, and set aside.
While the pasta cooks, add the garlic and peppers to the veggies in the pan. Cook, tossing for 4-5 mins until the peppers are crisp and tender. Add the tomatoes and cook for about 2 mins, until the tomatoes are softened.
Add the sausage meat back to the pan with the veggies. Add the orzo, a squeeze of lemon juice, and a splash of pasta water. Toss, taste and season with more salt and pepper if you like.
Serve with the lemon wedges and a sprinkle of parsley on top!
