Orzo and almond tzatziki

Orzo and almond raita. Photograph: Harry Weir Photography
Orzo and almond raita. Photograph: Harry Weir Photography
Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 250g orzo pasta
  • Half a cucumber, peeled, deseeded and diced
  • 200g natural yoghurt
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
  • 1 x 125g packet mixed cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 50g flaked almonds, toasted
  • 2tbsp chopped fresh mint
  • 2tbsp chopped fresh dill
  • A little orange zest
  • A drizzle of olive oil
  • Salt and lots of black pepper
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1 Cook the pasta as per packet instructions and allow it to cool.

2 Fold all the rest of the ingredients into the pasta, making sure it's all mixed well. Serve at room temperature.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford