COURGETTE & ORZO BAKE

Courgette & orzo bake image

This rice-sized pasta is often used in soup but it works brilliantly in this great-value dish

Provided by Good Food team

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

200g baby courgettes , halved
2 tbsp olive oil
25g butter
2 onions , chopped
3 garlic cloves , chopped
3 courgettes (just under 500g weight), coarsely grated
500g bag orzo
small glass white wine , if you have it
1l /1 and 3 quarter pints vegetable stock
85g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
1 slice white bread , whizzed to crumbs

Steps:

Heat oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9. Toss the baby courgettes with half the oil in a roasting tin and roast for 10 mins, until the courgettes are starting to colour.
Reduce oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Heat the remaining oil and butter in your largest frying pan and soften the onions and garlic gently. Add the grated courgettes, and turn up the heat. Cook until softened. Stir in the orzo and wine, if using, for a minute, then turn off the heat and stir in the stock, most of the Parmesan and some seasoning.
Transfer to a baking dish and arrange the baby courgettes on top. Bake for 15 mins, take out of the oven and scatter with breadcrumbs and the remaining Parmesan and bake for 10 mins more. Eat immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 455 calories, Fat 14 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 69 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 7 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 19 grams protein, Sodium 0.83 milligram of sodium