Orzo With Shellfish.

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Ingredients

  • Orzo
  • 400 grams Orzo
  • 50 grams olive oil
  • 1 Large onion diced very small.
  • 150 ml dry white wine.
  • 2 pinches or a sachet of Greek Safron.
  • 1 Lime, Juice and grated peel.
  • 70 grams butter.
  • 10 grams chives finely chopped.
  • 10 grams estragon finely chopped.
  • 10 grams parsley finely chopped.
  • 80 grams Parmesan.
  • 300 grams fresh calamari cut in 3 or approximately 2cm wide
  • Sea salt and pepper.

Instructions

  1. Soften the onion in the olive in an deep and wide frying pan. Add the orzo and stir for 2 minutes.
  2. Pour the wine and when it evaporates, add 250 of the chicken stock and sir occasionally until that evaporates as well.
  3. Lower the heat and continue to pour the stock slowly, slowly as you would do with risotto.
  4. Add the saffron, then the lime with the peel.
  5. Follow with the butter, the Parmesan and the herbs.
  6. Lastly add the calamari and cook for 2 minutes. Take off the heat.
  7. In another frying pan, pour 1 table spoon of each olive oil and butter, and lightly fry the prawns. Place in a plate, and do the same with the scallops. When cooked cut the scallops in two or four.
  8. Add the shellfish to the Orzo and serve.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

706 kcal 35% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 18.5g 37% DV
Total Fat 56.2g 72% DV
Carbs 36.5g 13% DV
Fiber 15.3g 55% DV
Sugar 1.7g 3% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 10157mg 100% DV
Potassium 2455.8mg 52% DV
Cholesterol 87.8mg 29% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 854.3mcg 95% DV
Vitamin C 202.7mg 100% DV
Vitamin D 0mcg
Calcium 266.3mg 20% DV
Iron 19.2mg 100% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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