Boiled Broccoli
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Remove the outer leaves from the broccoli.
Wash the broccoli flowers well in salt water.
Cook
Place the broccoli in a saucepan of boiling water with a lump of salt, and do not cover the saucepan.
Boil for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the size.
Drain the broccoli immediately after cooking.
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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What each ingredient does
- Broccoli
- Forms the main body of the dish and softens into a tender texture as it boils.
The step that matters
Boil for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the size. Heat slowly breaks down the cell walls, so the broccoli turns soft. Going past the time makes it mushy and dulls its bright green colour, so check size and drain promptly.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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