How to prepare broccoli

Broccoli are vegetable cousins to cauliflowers. Here's how to prepare them for using in a recipe.

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For1 broccoli 2 broccolis 3 broccolis

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For 1 broccoli, you will need:

1 broccoli
2 tablespoons white (spirit) vinegar
2 tablespoons coarse salt

Nutritional information:

Whole recipe

Calories

Proteins

Carbohydrates

11g

Fats

Per 100 g

Calories

Proteins

Carbohydrates

<1%

Fats

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

Times:

Preparation : 32 min.
Cooking : 3 min.
Start to finish : 35 min.

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For 1 broccoli : 0.89 €

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Step by step recipe:

Place the brocoli in front of you, head downwards.
The "head" is made up of many parts, often called "florets". Cut one near the base to detatch it.
Do the same with this "head", dividing it by cutting off the smaller individual florets. You should keep only these florets, the tenderest part of the broccoli, and discard the stalks.

Prepare all the broccoli like this.
Then put to soak in cold water with a little vinegar added.
Bring to the boil a large pan of salted water, using 2 tablespoons coarse salt per litre. Drain the broccoli and plunge into boiling water. Cook for just 1 minute after the water comes back to the boil. Notice the lovely emerald green colour they take on at this stage.
Remove from the water with a skimmer or araignée, and plunge immediately into ice-cold water.
When completely cooled, drain and dry in a salad spinner to remove as much cooking water as possible.
Your broccoli are ready. Keep on a cloth or absorbant paper on a plate.

Remarks:

Prepared like this the broccoli can be added to a dish or frozen for later use.

Source:

Home made.

Last modified on: November 14^th 2012

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