Sausage & Broccoli Orzo

Name: Sausage & Broccoli Orzo
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 600 g good quality sausages; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp ground fennel seeds; 100 ml red wine; 320 g orzo; 600 ml chicken stock; 300 g tenderstem broccoli, stems chopped, tips reserved; 3 tbsp grated parmesan; Fresh basil leaves

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Anna's Family Kitchen

By Anna Stanford

Published 2022

About

However much I love a risotto, the reality is that it doesn’t suit my weekday schedule. This recipe is similar to risotto but uses orzo, a type of pasta, meaning this delicious dish only takes half the time.

Ingredients

600 g good quality sausages
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion

Pasta

Method

Squeeze the sausage meat out of the skins and make 3 balls from each sausage.

Heat the olive oil in a large pan and add the sausage balls. Cook for 5 minutes until they have browned. Add the onion, paprika and fennel and cook for 5 minutes. Pour in the wine, let it bubble for a minute, then add the orzo. Give everything a stir.

Add the stock and chopped broccoli stems. Let the m