Usually, I served pesto with basic shape pasta but this time, I wanted to change a little bit and made the recipe with orzo. Orzo is something that I found at the bulk shop that I visited a few weeks ago in West London. I will buy it again as it was a good quality one, not too big and not too small. Do you know Orzo? It is a pasta with a slight shape of rice.

On this recipe, I used my homemade broccoli pesto. The pesto was made with some broccoli leftover. Indeed, last time, in the vegetable box, I get some really nice broccoli more similar to flowers than the usual broccoli. So, I used all the top for a stir fry and then decided to make this recipe with the leftover (pesto included)

The colour and the taste of this dish are really good and I am pretty happy about this nearly “zero waste” recipe.

• SERVE: 
• PREPARATION: 15 minutes
• COOK: 20 minutes
• DIFFICULTY: 

What do you need?

• 100 of broccoli or broccoli stem
• 50 g of black olive
• 100 g of courgettes
• 120 g of orzo
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• A couple of pieces of vegan halloumi or halloumi
• Homemade broccoli pesto

How to make Orzo with broccoli pesto, spiralized courgette and black olives?

• Start by cooking the orzo as indicated on the package

 Usually it is cooked as pasta in boiling salted water for 7 to10 minutes

• Wash carefully the broccoli stem or broccoli and slice them
• In a large pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat
• When the oil is hot, add the broccoli stem and stir them for 3 to 5 minutes
• In the meantime, slice in 2 parts black olive
• Wash carefully the courgette and spiralize it
• In the pan, add the sliced black olive and stir them for 2 minutes
• Then add the spiralized courgette and stir them for 2 minutes
• Add the cooked orzo
• Then add the broccoli pesto and stir it for 3 minutes for making sure that all the ingredients are well brushed with the pesto
• In a grill pan, grill quickly some pieces of halloumi
• In a plate, serve the orzo with pesto, courgette, olive, broccoli stems and add on top grilled halloumi bites

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