Purple-Sprouting Broccoli with Pickled Walnuts and Roasted Garlic

Name: Purple-Sprouting Broccoli with Pickled Walnuts and Roasted Garlic
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; a couple of good knobs of butter; 700-800 g tender purple-sprouting broccoli stems; 1 head of new season’s garlic; 4-5 pickled walnuts

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Seasonal Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2008

About

Be sure to buy slender, young stems of broccoli as thicker stalks tend to be woody Also be aware that there are fakes on the market trying to pass themselves off as purple-sprouting, which won’t taste like the real thing.

Ingredients

1 head of new season’s garlic
4-5 pickled walnuts
700-800 g tende

Europe
United Kingdom
Starter
Gluten-free
Spring
Vegetarian
March

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas 6. Wrap the garlic in foil and bake for 45 minutes, then unwrap and leave until cool enough to handle. Separate t