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Garlicky Jumbo King Prawns With Tomato & Green Butter Orzo

Impress the table with a stunning orzo, baked in a tomato and basil butter sauce. While your pasta bubbles away, you'll sizzle garlic jumbo king prawns to serve on top.

35 mins
365kcal
Italian
Garlicky Jumbo King Prawns With Tomato & Green Butter Orzo
4.5

Ingredients for 2 people

Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredientCooking for 4? Double each ingredient

Basil
Basil (10g)
Cherry Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes (250g)
Garlic Clove
Garlic Clove
Intense Vegetable Stock Mix
Intense Vegetable Stock Mix (5.5g)
Jumbo King Prawns
Jumbo King Prawns (212g)
Orzo
Orzo (150g)
Red Wine Vinegar
Red Wine Vinegar (15ml)

You'll also need

Butter, Pepper, Salt, Water (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.

1

Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ gas 7

Boil a kettle

Peel your garlic and roughly tear your basil, including the stalks (reserve a couple of leaves for garnish!)

Add the peeled garlic, torn basil and a large knob of butter to a food processor and pulse until blitzed but not smooth – this is your basil butter

Step 1
2

Dissolve your vegetable stock mix in 350ml [455ml] [650ml] boiled water

Step 2
3

Chop your cherry tomatoes in half

Step 3
4

Add your orzo, vegetable stock and half of the basil butter (you'll use the rest later!) to an oven-proof dish with a pinch of salt and gently stir it all together

Step 4
5

Place the halved cherry tomatoes evenly on top of the orzo, they should sink down under the stock

Season with a pinch of salt and a generous crack of black pepper

Step 5
6

Put the dish in the oven for 18-20 min or until the stock has been absorbed and the orzo is cooked – this is your tomato & green butter orzo

Step 6
7

Once the orzo is almost cooked, heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick) over a high heat

Once hot, add the remaining basil butter to the pan and cook for 30 secs

Drain, then add your jumbo king prawns and red wine vinegar and cook for 6-7 min or until cooked through – these are your garlicky jumbo king prawns

Step 7
8

Serve the garlicky jumbo king prawns over the tomato & green butter orzo

Scatter over the reserved basil and season with a crack of black pepper

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
365kcal
Energy
1.8g
Fat
59.1g
Carbohydrate
4.1g
Fibre
26.6g
Protein
2.3g
Salt
per 100g
112kcal
Energy
0.6g
Fat
18.2g
Carbohydrate
1.3g
Fibre
8.2g
Protein
0.7g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

Allergens highlighted by (crustacean, gluten, mollusc, sulphites).

In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.