Dishes with broccoli - 145 cooking recipes

This green cabbage with beautiful inflorescences is the ancient ancestor of the white cauliflower. The Italians developed this variety 25 centuries ago, and for almost two thousand years it was prepared only in Italy. Now it is grown wherever the temperature in summer is above 21 degrees.

Dishes with broccoli

The leaders are China and India. Dishes prepared with broccoli are quick and simple. To make it suitable for food, it must be thermally treated for 2-4 minutes - either dipped in boiling water, or steamed. To prevent the cabbage from losing color, cool it sharply - in ice or water with ice cubes. From now on, you can eat. Simply with butter and salt, in salads (delicious with quinoa), on bruschetta slices. This Italian asparagus (as it was called for many years) is great for making delicious homemade casseroles or pies. Just mix the inflorescences with egg, cream, spices, add boiled meat, disassembled into fibers, or fried slices of chanterelles, bake for about 15 minutes until the egg white sets - and an amazing, quick, light dinner or snack is ready. For pies, an egg-cream filling with the above ingredients is suitable, and you need to make a savory basket from shortcrust pastry (Julia Child's French recipes are great). Such dishes can be made both portioned and festive, on a grand scale. It is baked in a muffin, marinated with spices and oil, and frozen for the winter. It has more protein than beef and many vitamins, so eating broccoli is very healthy.