Spaghetti and penne may be poular pasta shapes, but there’s no need to forget those packets of risoni and orzo sitting in your cupboard. There’s lots of recipe potential with this rice-shaped pasta.

One-pot recipe for mussels with risoni and herbs

Chicken meatball and orzo soup with silverbeet and feta

Moreton Bay bug, cuttlefish and orzo saffron broth

Stefano Manfredi’s orzo alla marinara (seafood and barley stew)

Oregano-braised lamb shanks with broad beans, peas and orzo

Captain Moonlite’s soffritto, southern calamari, saffron orzo and mint

Sausage, cavolo nero and chickpea minestrone
