Orzo, Clams, Chorizo, Parsley and Lemon
A pasta dish with a difference. Orzo, Clams, Chorizo, Parsley and Lemon. This is one flavoursome dish with garlic, shallots and the smokiness of the chorizo!
Ingredients
- 1 kg clams
- 15ml veg oil
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1/2 bulb fennel diced
- 1 shallot peeled and diced
- 150ml white wine
- 200g chorizo, sliced
- 1 green chilli
- 200g orzo
- Few sprigs of parsley chopped
To top
- 25g butter
- 3 slices of brioche, blitzed to a fine crumb
- 1 lemon zested
Method
In a large pan heat the oil then cook 1 clove of garlic and half the fennel for 2 minutes.
Add the wine and clams and cook with a lid on for 5 minutes. Season. Drain over a bowl keeping all the liquor.
Cook the orzo as per pack instructions.
Fry the rest of the fennel in a knob of butter with the rest of the garlic, chilli and shallot, add the chorizo until crisp.
Meanwhile, heat another pan, add the butter and when foaming, add the brioche crumbs and cook until golden. Then stir through the lemon zest.
Mix the pasta, chorizo, parsley and sauce together.
Serve in bowls and sprinkle over the butter brioche crumb.
Ingredients
- 1 kg clams
- 15ml veg oil
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1/2 bulb fennel diced
- 1 shallot peeled and diced
- 150ml white wine
- 200g chorizo, sliced
- 1 green chilli
- 200g orzo
- Few sprigs of parsley chopped
To top
- 25g butter
- 3 slices of brioche, blitzed to a fine crumb
- 1 lemon zested
Method
In a large pan heat the oil then cook 1 clove of garlic and half the fennel for 2 minutes.
Add the wine and clams and cook with a lid on for 5 minutes. Season. Drain over a bowl keeping all the liquor.
Cook the orzo as per pack instructions.
Fry the rest of the fennel in a knob of butter with the rest of the garlic, chilli and shallot, add the chorizo until crisp.
Meanwhile, heat another pan, add the butter and when foaming, add the brioche crumbs and cook until golden. Then stir through the lemon zest.
Mix the pasta, chorizo, parsley and sauce together.
Serve in bowls and sprinkle over the butter brioche crumb.
