Creamy Pesto Orzo Soup
Wed Jan 24 2024

Creamy Pesto Orzo Soup

This warming and comforting creamy orzo soup is the easiest to make. It's a one-pot recipe ready in 20 minutes, it really doesn’t get more simple or more delicious.

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Ingredients

Soup
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 shallot, finely chopped
  • 200 g orzo
  • 3 cups vegetable broth
  • 1/2 batch kale pesto
  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 100 g kale, roughly chopped
  • 460 g white beans, strained and rinsed
  • 1 lemon, zest + juice
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Heat a deep pan with olive oil to medium high heat. Add the shallot and cook until slightly transparent, then stir in the orzo and cook until golden, about 3 minutes. Pour in the vegetable broth and bring to a boil before lowering the heat and leaving to shimmer until orzo is al dente, about 8 minutes.
  • Stir in kale pesto, coconut milk, kale and white beans and let cook until the kale has wilted, about 3 minutes. Finish the soup of by adding lemon, and season with salt and pepper to taste.