Broccoli with Tomato and Soy Butter

Name: Broccoli with Tomato and Soy Butter
Ingredients: 2½ fl oz / 70 ml water or vegetable stock; 2½ fl oz / 70 ml water or vegetable stock; 2 tsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp salt; 1 tbsp rice vinegar or sherry vinegar; 3 oz / 85 g chopped tomato flesh; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp rice vinegar or sherry vinegar; 2 oz / 60 g chilled unsalted butter, diced; freshly ground white pepper; 1 lb / 455 g broccoli

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

This dish, with a slightly oriental touch both in its method of cooking and in its flavours, is good enough to serve on its own as a starter.

Ingredients

1 lb / 455 g broccoli
2 tsp sesame oil

Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Separate the broccoli into florets and stalks. Peel the stalks and slice them on the diagonal to give a large cooking surface. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil with the sesame oil and salt. Drop in the broccoli, bring it back to the boil and boil for 30 seconds. Drain quickly and plunge the broccoli into chilled water, or at least rinse it well under running cold water to cool it quickly.<