Damien Pignolet

Broccoli Polonaise

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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French

By Damien Pignolet

Published 2005

  • About

The term polonaise [‘Polish-style’] denotes the use of parsley in a dish; in this case, the garnish also includes sieved hard-boiled eggs and breadcrumbs.

Ingredients

  • 2 hard-boiled eggs
  • 3-4 tablespoons finely chopped curly-leaf parsley
  • 2 large heads <

Method

  1. Shell the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks then pass the whites through a coarse sieve followed by the yolks. Stir through the parsley.
  2. Cook the broccoli in plenty of boiling, well-salted water for 1-2 minutes then drain well. Arrange the broccoli in a warm, buttered gratin dish and scatter with the egg and parsley mixture.
  3. Melt the butter