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Mediterranean Orzo Pasta Salad

Name: Mediterranean Orzo Pasta Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 3 dl orzo pasta; 1 dl olive oil; 1 juice of a lemon; 1 garlic clove, minced; 0.5 tsp salt; black pepper from a mill; 1 can (180 g) Valio Keittiön salad cheese cubes; 1 cucumber; 1 tub (250 g) of cherry tomatoes; 2 dl pitted black olives; 100 g dried figs; 1 pot flat-leaf parsley

Orzo is a small, rice-shaped pasta. It adds a lovely heartiness to salads. Try this wonderfully fresh pasta salad as a side dish for grilled food, on a buffet table, or as a lunch-to-go salad.

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Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

Prep 30 minTotal 30 minInspired by valio.fi

Method

1
Cook the orzo in salted water according to the package instructions. Drain and cool the cooked pasta.
2
Mix the dressing ingredients together and pour the dressing over the pasta.
3
Combine the marinated orzo and crumbled salad cheese in a bowl. Rinse and halve the cucumber. Scoop out the seeds with a spoon and slice. Rinse and halve the cherry tomatoes. Halve the olives and slice the figs. Add these ingredients to the bowl with the orzo and cheese. Mix.
4
Chop the flat-leaf parsley and add to the salad. Serve cold.

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