SPROUTING BROCCOLI, GREEN ROMESCO & ALMONDS

Sprouting broccoli, green romesco & almonds image

Serve this broccoli and green romesco as a starter or side dish. Topped with almonds, it makes a healthy and tasty accompaniment to meat or veggie dishes

Provided by Kyle Boyce from London Grind

Categories Side dish, Starter, Vegetable

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 head broccoli , cut into long florets
100g sprouting broccoli , trimmed
1½ tbsp olive oil
½ lemon , juiced
flaked almonds toasted
50ml olive oil
1 garlic clove
2 tsp blanched almonds
25g sourdough , torn into pieces
125g green peppers , fried until tender and cooled
25g spinach leaves
1½ tsp chardonnay vinegar

Steps:

To make the romesco, heat the olive oil in a saucepan over a low heat. Add the garlic and cook until golden. Carefully remove the garlic and discard, keeping the infused oil in the pan. Add the blanched almonds and cook until golden. Remove the almonds from the pan and set aside. Add the sourdough pieces to the pan and fry until golden. Remove toasted sourdough, pour out the infused oil and reserve.
Whizz the toasted sourdough, almonds, green peppers, spinach, vinegar and infused olive oil in a blender until thick and pesto-like. Season to taste.
Heat a grill or griddle pan to high. Toss all the broccoli with 1 tbsp olive oil, then grill, turning, for 10 mins or until tender.
Spoon the green romesco over a large serving plate or four small plates and top with the grilled broccoli. Season and drizzle the broccoli with the lemon juice and remaining olive oil. Scatter over flaked almonds to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 271 calories, Fat 19 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 10 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 9 grams fiber, Protein 10 grams protein, Sodium 0.2 milligram of sodium