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Smashed broccoli with cheese and garlic recipe

Smashed broccoli with cheese and garlic recipe

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Created by The Tesco Recipes team

Smashed potatoes have been a social media sensation, in potato salads, with dips or in a roast. But spuds aren’t the only veg that deserve the treatment. Served as a healthy snack, a tasty side or added to a salad, these crispy, cheesy broccoli bites are a real winner. See method

Ingredients

  • 1 garlic bulb, cloves peeled
  • 500g head of broccoli, cut into florets, stalk discarded
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 100g pecorino or Parmesan, grated

For the dip

  • 75g 0% fat Greek-style yogurt
  • 1 tbsp hot sauce
  • 10g fresh chives, finely chopped
1 of your 5-a-day and a source of fibre

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    830kj
    200kcal     10%

  • Fat

    12g 17%

  • Saturates

    6g 28%

  • Sugars

    3g 4%

  • Salt

    1.8g 29%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 6.6g Protein 14.2g Fibre 5.1g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Bring a pan of water to the boil and blanch the garlic cloves for 3 mins, adding the broccoli for the final 1 min. Drain and leave to steam-dry. 
  2. Toss the broccoli and garlic in the oil until well coated. Sprinkle half the cheese over the base of a lined baking tray. Add the broccoli and garlic in an even layer and squash down with a spatula. Cover with the rest of the cheese; bake for 25-30 mins until golden and crisp. 
  3. Meanwhile, mix all the dip ingredients together in a serving bowl; season. 
  4. Remove the broccoli from the oven and leave to stand for a few mins; break up. Serve with the dip.

Tip: Blanching the garlic softens the flavour as well as stopping it from burning, so don’t miss this step.

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