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This is one of my favourite quick, warming dinners.

Ingredients:
Purple sprouting broccoli (or other broccoli, romanesco or cauliflower)
olive oil, salt, glove of garlic

for the sauce:
half a pint of milk
butter, flour
generous handful of grated cheese (mature cheddar/gruyere/parmesan or similar strong cheese)
salt, pepper, freshly ground nutmeg

new potatoes, or, if you're really in a hurry or lazy, bread

Method:
Clean and wash your purple sprouting broccoli, leave it nice and wet. I usually only use the tops and leaves of the PSB. The stalks take longer to cook so I use them elsewhere.
Thinly slice the garlic and fry in olive oil on medium heat until crispy. Remove the garlic (this is just for flavour), add the wet PSB, a little more water if needed, put on a lid and braise for five minutes or so, until tender but still with a little crunch.

Make a blonde roux with the butter and flour and gradually whisk in the milk, letting it bubble and thicken until it's the right conistency. Turn the heat down, add the cheese and seasoning (careful with the salt as the cheese can be quite salty) as well as any liquid from the veg pan and stir until everything is incorporated and you have a smooth sauce.

Serve the PSB in deep plates or bowls with a generous helping of sauce dribbled over it. A few simple, boiled potatoes go well with this.




Purple Sprouting Broccoli with Cheese Sauce

Date: 30/4/10 08:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feanelwa.livejournal.com
Ahh, that is one of my favourite ways to use up broccoli and cauliflower!

Date: 30/4/10 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
It just goes so well together. Nom.

Date: 30/4/10 09:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roguish-ink.livejournal.com
Ooh looks good :)

Date: 30/4/10 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
It was. :D

Seeking perfection

Date: 30/4/10 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fractalgeek.livejournal.com
To my taste, the presentation doesn't work - the colours are lost to the plate, and it makes it look a bit too much like a victorian ash-try.

It sounds absolutely yummy, though

Re: Seeking perfection

Date: 30/4/10 11:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
I absolutely agree re the photo (that's why there are no photo related tags in this entry). It's a rubbish plate and there's too much sauce but I wanted to add a photo as illustration.

It is very yummy!

Re: Seeking perfection

Date: 30/4/10 11:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fractalgeek.livejournal.com
I remember in the late 70s, that some of the Germans on the school exchange visit we did refused to eat Broccoli as it was "cattle food".

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Date: 30/4/10 11:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
Broccoli is one of those typical veg kids hate because adults tell them it's good for them but it's always been my favourite (together with brussels sprouts and savoy cabbage) but I can't remember the "cattle food" thing.

Date: 4/5/10 11:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] undyingking.livejournal.com
Heh, spookily enough I made something very similar the other night. I steamed broccoli and boiled up a few pink fir apple potatoes (cubed), then put them in a casserole dish with a stilton sauce which also had sauteed leeks in it, and baked the whole thing for 20 mins with some more grated cheese on top. Not as quick as yours, but I would have skipped the baking stage if I'd been in a rush ;-)

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