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Garlicky 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 king prawns to serve on top. Under 600 calories.

35 mins
353kcal
Italian
Garlicky King Prawns With Tomato & Green Butter Orzo
4.5

Ingredients for 2 people

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

Cherry tomatoes (250g)
Cherry tomatoes (250g)
Garlic clove
Garlic clove
Intense vegetable stock mix (5.5g)
Intense vegetable stock mix (5.5g)
Raw peeled king prawns (171g)
Raw peeled king prawns (171g)
Red wine vinegar (15ml)
Red wine vinegar (15ml)
Orzo (150g)
Orzo (150g)
Basil (10g)
Basil (10g)

You'll also need

Pepper, Butter, 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 medium-high heat

Once hot, add the remaining basil butter to the pan and cook for 1 min

Drain, then add your king prawns and red wine vinegar and cook for 4-5 min or until cooked through – these are your garlicky king prawns

Step 7
8.

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

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

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
353kcal
Energy
1.7g
Fat
59.1g
Carbohydrate
4.5g
Fibre
23.8g
Protein
2.1g
Salt

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

Allergens

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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.

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