Oretta Zanini de Vita

Broccoletti “strascinati”

Sautéed broccoli rabe

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Popes, Peasants and Shepherds
Popes, Peasants and Shepherds

By Oretta Zanini de Vita

Published 2013

  • About

If the broccoli rabe is young and tender, it can be cooked directly in the skillet without parboiling. Strascinati means “dragged,” as the vegetable through the flavored oil.

Ingredients

  • 3¼ pounds (1.5 kg) broccoli rabe
  • 2 garlic cloves

Method

Remove the stems, strings, and the toughest leaves from the broccoli rabe. Bring 3 quarts (3 liters) salted water to a boil, drop in the broccoli rabe, and parboil for 2 minutes. Drain well and chop, not t