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Quartet of brassicas with cream

Name: Quartet of brassicas with cream
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 21 min
Total time: 2 h 41 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 g broccoli; 200 g Brussels sprouts; 200 g romanesco; 200 g cauliflower; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 shallot; Parsley; 200 ml cream; Salt; Pepper

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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Duration

2 hours 45 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: January 16^th 2013

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation

2 hours 20 min.

Cooking

25 min.

All in all

2 hours 45 min.

Preparation 2 hours 20 min.

Cooking 25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 35 min.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 1

Prepare 200 g broccoli.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 30 min.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 2

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

Stage 3 - ⌛ 35 min.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 3

Prepare 200 g cauliflower.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 30 min.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 4

Prepare 200 g romanesco.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 5

Chop the parley leaves.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 6

Prepare 1 shallot.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 7

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.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 8

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

Cook like this for 5 minutes.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 15 min.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 9

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.

Quartet of brassicas with cream : Stage 10

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.

Keeping: Several hours in the fridge in a sealed sontainer.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=10 %	6 g RDI=3 %	8 g RDI=12 %	129 kcal RDI=6 %	541 kJ RDI=6 %
Per person	16 g RDI=25 %	17 g RDI=7 %	22 g RDI=31 %	341 kcal RDI=17 %	1,428 kJ RDI=17 %
Whole recipe	65 g RDI=101 %	71 g RDI=27 %	91 g RDI=125 %	1,364 kcal RDI=68 %	5,712 kJ RDI=68 %