Recipes

Orzo salad with parsley, chilli and lemon

Orzo salad with parsley, chilli and lemon. Photograph: Harry Weir Photography

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Paul Flynn
Sat Jun 18 2022 - 05:00
Serves: 4
Course: Main
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
  • 250g orzo pasta
  • 1 red onion, peeled and finely diced
  • 250g baby plum tomatoes, quartered
  • 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely diced
  • 10 stoned green olives, chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
  • Juice and zest of 1 lemon
  • 1tsp caster sugar
  • 1tbs baby capers and 1tbs juice
  • A small tin of salted anchovies, chopped (approximately 50g)
  • A pinch of cinnamon
  • 50mls good olive oil
  • A large bunch of flat parsley, picked and chopped
  • A little salt and black pepper

1 Cook the pasta as per packet instructions, drain and mix with the rest of the ingredients.

2 Serve chilled or at room temperature.

3 A little Parma ham or salami would be lovely with it.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford

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