Description
Looking for a comforting meal? Try this delicious Orzo, Leek and Dill Soup recipe. Discover a new favorite dish today!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion
- 3 large cloves garlic
- 1 carrot diced
- 1 leek (green ends included, diced)
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 120 g orzo pasta
- 1.5 l vegetable stock (stock cube and boiling water)
- 3–4 sprigs fresh dill
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 1/2 lemon (squeezed)
- Extra virgin olive oil to garnish
Instructions
- Step 1: Start by finely chopping the garlic and onion, dice the carrot and leek and add to a large pot with a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper and sweat down for around 6 minutes.
- Step 2: Boil the kettle and add the water to a bowl with the stock cube and whisk until dissolved.
- Step 3: Add the orzo to the pot along with the stock, dried thyme and leave to bubble away for around 12 minutes.
- Step 4: Add a little more seasoning of salt and pepper, the squeeze of lemon and fresh dill and taste test.
- Step 5: Once cooked serve up with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil on each bowl with a sprig of fresh dill.
Notes
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4 serving
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 50mg