Crunchy broccoli, garlic and chili with lemon “thins”

October 16, 2012 by Robin Ellis

This served as the starter for Saturday’s dinner on the workshop weekend.

It is adapted from a recipe in Ottolenghi’s eponymous first cookbook.

That night it tumbled over a small pile of salad leaves–radicio, rocket, lettuce–dressed with olive oil lemon juice and salt.

1lb broccoli–broken into bite-size pieces

2 tablespoons olive oil

salt and pepper

4 garlic cloves–sliced as thin as you can

2 fresh red chilis, medium hot–de-seeded and sliced

4 tablespoons olive oil

1 lemon sliced very thin

Steam the broccoli–more than blanched less than tender–still crunchy in other words.
Remove to a bowl and pour over 2 tablespoons of olive oil and season with salt.
Heat a grill pad to hot.
Scatter the broccoli over it and colour lightly.

Return to the serving bowl.
Heat the second batch of oil.
When hot cook the garlic slices and the chili until the garlic takes on some color.

Pour this mixture over the broccoli.
Add the lemon slices and mix in carefully.
Serve on a bed of salad leaves of choice dressed with olive oil, lemon juice and salt.

on October 16, 2012 at 9:51 pm | Reply Dianne P.

Oooh– I love broccoli! Am saving this recipe! Thanks, Robin!
You would’ve loved to see the foliage today–best day so far, after having many days of rain. Took some pics last weekend & will share as soon as I can.
PS: Is Meredith posted in front of the telly, tonight? Us, too–fingers crossed! 😉
Cheers & hugs!
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on October 17, 2012 at 2:58 am | Reply Stella Winks

Love broccoli – this looks yummy 🙂
on October 17, 2012 at 3:00 am | Reply Stella Winks

Washed down with a dry crisp wine..this would be bliss!
on October 17, 2012 at 9:58 am | Reply Hedvika Krone

@Stella. It was bliss!
on October 17, 2012 at 10:10 pm | Reply mary pirog

One of my FAVORITES!!!!!
on October 18, 2012 at 7:38 pm | Reply Chantal

Broccoli perfect with salmon.
When I see broccoli I always have to think at Cubby Broccoli(producer of so many J.Bond films) his parents who where doing veggie business had the first seeds in 1870 and its named after them.
Enjoy brocolli veggies a lot of Iron.
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