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Purple sprouting broccoli - easy ideas
Ingredients
- purple sprouting broccoli
Method
Prep time:
10 min
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Cooking time:
50 min
PT50M
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Step 1
cook simply: -
Step 2
Either steam or boil for 3 minutes. Eat straight away, tossed in butter or with a drizzle of olive oil, a squeeze of lemon and seasoned with sea salt and ground black pepper. -
Step 3
Or steam/boil then plunge into cold water to stop the cooking process and keep the bright green colour. Then drain and use in gratins, salads, risottos or a simple pasta dish with olive oil, garlic, lemon, toasted breadcrumbs and Parmesan or Pecorino. You could fry two or three anchovies in the pan before adding the rest of the ingredients for a deeper, salty flavour. -
Step 4
good with: -
Step 5
Parmesan, bacon, chilli, garlic, anchovy, walnuts, goat's cheese, tomatoes, mushrooms, leeks, fish, oranges and blood oranges -
Step 6
something different: -
Step 7
Try topping your Saturday (or Wednesday!) night pizza with this winter veg – braised leeks and purple sprouting broccoli work well together, with some anchovies, olives and blue cheese'