Tenderstem Broccoli Agrodolce

Name: Tenderstem Broccoli Agrodolce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: salt and black pepper; 300 g/10½ oz Tenderstem or purple sprouting broccoli; 1 tbsp pine nuts, toasted; 1 tbsp currants; 1 red onion, finely sliced; 1 tbsp clear honey; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley; 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom

By Prue Leith

Published 2024

About

This is a gorgeous way to serve broccoli spears. “Agrodolce” is the Italian term for a sour and sweet sauce – here provided by the vinegar, honey and fruit.

Ingredients

300 g/10½ oz Tenderstem or purple sprouting broccoli
4 tbsp

Europe
Italy
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil.
Trim the ends of the broccoli and blanch them for 2-3 minutes, or until they are just tender. Plunge them into a bowl of iced water (see hack). Drain, pat dry with kitchen paper and set aside until just before serving.
In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil on a mediu