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Quartet of brassicas with cream

Four kinds of brassicas (Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, romanesco and broccoli), blanched separately, then combined to finish with cream and chopped parsley.

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Last modified on: January 16^th 2013

For 4 people, you will need:

1 200 g broccoli
2 200 g Brussels sprouts
3 200 g romanesco
4 200 g cauliflower
5 2 tablespoons olive oil
6 1 shallot
7 parsley
8 200 ml cream
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 1,055 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
2 hours 20 min.	21 min.	2 hours 41 min.

Keeping:

Several hours in the fridge in a sealed sontainer

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 35 min.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Photo of step #1

Prepare 200 g broccoli.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

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Prepare 200 g Brussels sprouts: peel, wash and cut into four, then blanche them like the broccoli.

Stage 3 - 33 min.

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Prepare 200 g cauliflower.

Stage 4 - 30 min.

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Prepare 200 g romanesco.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

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Chop the parley leaves.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

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Prepare 1 shallot.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

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Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a large pan over medium heat. When hot, add the chopped shallot, slat and pepper and cook for one minute without colouring.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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Add the brassicas (after draining thoroughly) and stir to mix well.

Cook like this for 5 minutes.

Stage 9 - 15 min.

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Then add 200 ml cream, salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and leave to thicken gently.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

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The cream will thicken and will be partly absorbed by the brassicas, which will make them even more tender.

Add the chopped parsley at the last minute.

Remarks

It doesn't really matter if you don't have all the varieties of brassica, but do try to include at least 3 kinds.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 9.97 €
Per person : 2.49 €

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Source

Home made

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