Broccoli or Cauliflower with Garlic and Lemon, Two Ways

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

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This is broccoli as ü’s done in Rome: garlic, olive oil, and lemon (almost everything—from mussels to beans to veal—can be cooked with these flavorings and called Roman-style). The first method is more familiar and perhaps a tad more reliable for beginning cooks; the second requires a bit more judgment, but it’s better.

If you like, add a few anchovy fillets along with the garlic.

Other vegetables you can prepare this way: almost anything—dark leafy greens like collards and