Name: Sautéd broccoli with ham
Prep time: 43 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 49 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 350 ml broccoli; 1 shallot; 2 slices smoked ham; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 knob butter; salt; pepper

Step by step recipe:

35 min.
Prepare 350 ml broccoli.
5 min.
Peel, wash and chop 1 shallot.
3 min.
Cut 2 slices smoked ham into ribbons.
1 min.
Warm serving plates.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a pan on medium heat. When hot, add chopped shallot, salt and pepper. Stir to mix.

Cook 1 minute.
1 min.
Add ham, stir well and cook 1 more minute.
4 min.
Add broccoli, stir again and cook about 3-4 minutes until broccoli are heated through, but remain firm. Add a knob of butter if you wish.

Serve immediately.

Remarks:

You can replace ham with bacon if you prefer, or omit it.

This recipe is a good way to get children to eat vegetables, and show them that broccoli needn't be that sad tasteless soggy stuff served so often in bad canteens.

Source:

Home made.

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