To Boil Brocoli in Imitation of Asparagus
Ingredients
Directions
Remove leaves and outer rind from the brocoli shoots up to the heads.
Tie the shoots in bundles and place them in salted water.
Boil in a pan of boiling water for 10 minutes.
Lay the boiled brocoli in bunches on a plate and pour melted butter over them.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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