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Cook fresh broccoli for 15 minutes in a little salted water. Cook frozen broccoli for 12 minutes after boiling.
Cook broccoli in a double boiler for 15 minutes. For a child, simmer broccoli in a double boiler for 25 minutes.
How to cook broccoli
You will need – broccoli, water
1. Remove the leaves from the broccoli and wash.
2. Divide the broccoli into florets.
3. Pour water into a saucepan, salt, put on fire.
4. When the water boils, put the broccoli in it.
5. Cook the broccoli for 15 minutes, then remove from the pan.
Your broccoli is cooked!
Broccoli stalks can be boiled and mashed, and can also be used to boil vegetable broths and soups.
Fascinating facts about broccoli
– Calorie value broccoli – 28 kcal / 100 grams.
– Best before boiled broccoli – 3 days in the refrigerator.
– Spices for broccoli – hot mustard, black pepper, paprika, basil, hops-suneli, rosemary, thyme.
Broccoli sauce
Sauce products
Butter – 100 grams
Flour – 2 level tablespoons
Broccoli broth – 200 milliliters
Egg yolks – 3 pieces
Dill greens – 4 sprigs
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Ground black pepper – to taste
How to make creamy broccoli sauce
Wash the dill, dry it and chop finely. Melt the butter in a thick-walled saucepan or cauldron. Add flour and fry until golden brown. Pour broccoli broth, add dill, salt and pepper. Cook the sauce for 15 minutes over low heat without a lid.
Separate the egg yolks from the whites, beat with a fork and pour into the sauce. Heat the sauce until boiling and turn it off. Serve the broccoli sauce in a saucepan.
Boiled broccoli in batter
Products
Broccoli cabbage – 0,5 kilograms
Eggs – 3 pieces
Flour or breadcrumbs – glass
Salt, pepper, other spices – to taste
Cooking broccoli in batter
Boil broccoli, put in a colander, let the water evaporate. Beat egg whites with seasoning and salt. Dip broccoli inflorescences in egg white, then in flour or breadcrumbs – and fry in a skillet for 5 minutes on each side.
How to make broccoli soup
Soup products
Broccoli, fresh or frozen – half a kilo
Carrots – 1 large
Tomato – 3 medium
Potatoes – 4 medium
Onions – 2 head
Vegetable oil – 1 tablespoon
Parsley to taste
Chicken or vegetable broth – 3 liters
Salt and pepper to taste
How to make broccoli soup
1. Cook broth from meat or vegetables.
2. Peel the carrots and cut them across into small circles, put in the boiling broth.
3. Peel the potatoes and cut into cubes with a side of 1,5 centimeters, put in the broth.
4. Peel, wash, and finely chop the onions.
5. Preheat a frying pan, pour in oil, put onion and fry for 5 minutes.
6. Divide the broccoli into inflorescences and add to the broth.
7. Wash the tomatoes, cut, pour over with boiling water and peel them off.
8. Peel the tomatoes free from the stalk and cut into cubes.
9. Add to broth along with fried onions.
10. Cook broccoli soup for another 5 minutes with the lid covered.
Garnish with broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts
Products
Broccoli cabbage – 400 grams
Cauliflower – 400 grams
Brussels sprouts – 400 grams
Cheese “Russian” – 100 grams
Sour cream – 100 grams
Salt and Italian spices to taste
How to make a cabbage side dish
1. Cook broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts for 10 minutes in one saucepan, covered, in a little water.
2. Put in a colander, let it evaporate and drain off the water.
3. Heat the cabbage in a skillet, salt and pepper, add Italian spices, rub the cheese directly into the skillet, add 2 tablespoons of sour cream, stir, turn off and leave for 5 minutes.
Serve with pleasure. ?