Dinner · 25 min · Amounts not specified
Broccoli feta
Sear or roast the broccoli until there are genuinely black edges. Boiled broccoli under feta is a sad plate and no amount of lemon rescues it.
The sheet · 2 as a side · 25 min
easyWhy tonight. Sear or roast the broccoli until there are genuinely black edges. Boiled broccoli under feta is a sad plate and no amount of lemon rescues it.
What it needs
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- broccoli
- feta
- olive oil
- lemon
- garlic
Method
- Roast or sear the broccoli hard until there are properly black edges. Boiled broccoli under feta is a sad plate.
- Cut it so there are flat faces to put against the heat. Round florets touch the pan in one spot and never color.
- Garlic in the last minute, then lemon and oil off the heat.
- Feta crumbled over warm, not hot, so it softens without melting into a slick.
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Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- broccoli
- The stalk is better than the florets and most people throw it away.
- feta
- Salt and tang in crumbles, so it seasons while it garnishes.
- olive oil
- Two ingredients sharing a name.
- lemon
- Acid you add at the end, not the start.
- garlic
- Burns in seconds and turns the whole dish bitter, so it almost never goes in first.
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