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Our best risoni (and orzo) recipes

The small, rice-sized pasta is the key to many Mediterranean comfort foods.
Lamb with orzo and olives recipe

Lamb with orzo and olives

Ben Dearnley

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.

Mussels, risoni and herbs
Photo: Ben Dearnley

One-pot recipe for mussels with risoni and herbs

Spinach, ocean trout and risoni pie
Photo: Chris Chen

Spinach, ocean trout and risoni pie

Tiny chicken meatball and orzo soup with silverbeet and feta
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chicken meatball and orzo soup with silverbeet and feta

Photo: Brett Stevens

Moreton Bay bug, cuttlefish and orzo saffron broth

Orzo alla marinara (seafood and barley stew)
Photo: Ben Dearnley

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

Oregano-braised lamb shanks with broad beans, peas and orzo
Photo: William Meppem

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

Bar rockcod with risoni primavera
Photo: Chris Chen

Bar rockcod with risoni primavera

Orzo with pork meatballs

Photo: Parker Blain

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

Photo: Chris Chen

Sausage, cavolo nero and chickpea minestrone

Orzo with pork, silverbeet and feta
Photo: Rob Shaw

Orzo with pork, silverbeet and feta

Yiouvetsi
Photo: John Laurie

Yiouvetsi

Lamb meatballs, risoni, yogurt and cucumber
Photo: Mark Roper

Lamb meatballs, risoni, yogurt and cucumber

Seafood stew with risoni
Photo: Chris Chen and Ben Dearnley

Seafood stew with risoni

Lamb with orzo and olives recipe
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Lamb with orzo and olives

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