Steamed vegetables with flavoured butters
Steaming is a great way to cook veg. It keeps in so many of the vitamins lost by boiling, and can be done in stacked steamer baskets. Best of all, though, it only takes up one ring of your cooker! The butters are easy to make and can be done way ahead. Keep any leftovers in your freezer and use a slice when you cook a steak. Don't cook all the vegetables or you'll have far too many – just pick your two favourites.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 14 of 15 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Anchovy | 100g | 210 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Broccoli | 1 cup chopped (156g) | 55 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Turnip | 1 medium (122g) | 34 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- ½ red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- 2 sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and finely chopped
- 60 g unsalted butter, softened
- 500 g baby turnips, quartered if large
- 1 pinch sugar
- finely grated zest of ¼ orange
- 1 pinch cumin seeds
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, leaves picked
- 60 g unsalted butter, softened
- 450 g carrots, cut into thick strips
- ½ tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 3 anchovy fillets, finely chopped
- 60 g unsalted butter, softened
- 350 g broccoli, cut into florets
- finely grated zest of plus 1 tablespoon of juice ½ lemon
- 60 g unsalted butter, softened
- 350 g mangetout, trimmed