Ingredient
Broccoli
The stalk is as good as the florets and usually thrown away — peel the woody outer layer and the core inside is sweet and tender. Overcooking releases the sulphur compounds that give boiled broccoli its bad reputation.
- Sourcing
- Tenderstem and purple sprouting are different plants with a better stalk-to-floret ratio and a shorter cook.
- Varieties
- Calabrese, Tenderstem, Purple sprouting, Romanesco
- Quality cues
- Tight, deep green heads with no yellowing. Yellow buds mean it is beginning to flower and will taste bitter.
- Substitutions
- Cauliflower, Tenderstem broccoli, Green beans
- Storage
- Fridge drawer, loosely bagged rather than sealed — it needs to breathe.
- Shelf life
- 5-7 days refrigerated
Nutrition
Per 100 g
- Calories
- 34 kcal
- Protein
- 2.8 g
- Fat
- 0.4 g
- Carbs
- 6.6 g
- Fibre
- 2.6 g
- Sugars
- 1.7 g
- Sodium
- 33 mg
From USDA FoodData Central (#170379). Raw, edible portion.