Sautéed Broccoli With Garlic and Pine Nuts

Submitted by Sharon123

"A really tasty side dish! I love garlic and pine nuts, and broccoli too, so this is a winner with me! This recipe comes from Anna Teresa Callen, an Italian cook."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup pine nuts
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 bunches broccoli
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper

directions

1. In a small dry skillet, toast the pine nuts, stirring constantly to brown evenly. Don't burn!
2. Chop the garlic fine. Set aside.
3. Separate the broccoli into florets. Peel the skinnier stems and cut into cubes (or reserve the stems for cream of broccoli soup).
4. In a large pot of rapidly boiling salted water, blanch the broccoli for about 8 minutes, until it is crisp-tender and still bright green.
5. Drain thoroughly in a colander.
6. In a sauté pan, heat the olive oil. Add the garlic and let it soften for a few minutes. Be careful not to let it burn.
7. Then add the broccoli and pine nuts to the pan. Toss carefully to coat everything well with the garlicky oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Turn into a warmed serving bowl and serve at once. Enjoy!

Reviews

[KimmieCat1]

Delicious. I am always on the look out for new ways to cook veggies and this is going to be a keeper. Thanks Sharon123 for a fabulous recipe. Made for Let's P-A-R-T-Y! ~~2011~~ tag game.

 

[LifeIsGood]

We loved this! We eat broccoli about 4 times a week (sometimes more), so it's nice to try it done a different way! I used about half a large head of broccoli but kept all the other ingredients the same (I love pine nuts). It turned out fabulous! Tip: I found pine nuts were inexpensive sold in a small bag where the chopped nuts are hanging in the grocery store.

 

[schinsup1]

Very tasty. Pine nuts being somewhat expensive, I'll probably use almonds when making larger batches. I'll run the pine nuts (when used) through a quick chop in the food processor to get them to "stick" more to the broccoli as opposed to chasing them around on the plate. All in all though both thumbs up on this one.

 

[Chef1MOM-Connie]

Sharon this ids a big hit in our house. DH likes his veggies rare or plain when steamed. I made your recipe and he rated it "excellent even though it has stuff in it" (nuts and gsarlic) Now I can make this or bpth of us as opposed to one of us. I steamed the brocolli as opposed to blanching, then tossed in with toasted almond and garlic/oil combo. This will ne a regular during our gsrden harvest. oh yummy! made for Auz/NZ swap 42

 

[Lynne the Pirate Queen]

This was great! We loved the flavors in this simple dish (the texture... not so much; we'll do like MA HIKER next time, and blanch the broccoli for about 3 minutes, since we prefer our veggies much firmer). We absolutely love broccoli as well as garlic, so this was a great way to enjoy both AND to use up the pine nuts that have been taking up space in our cupboard. Thanks for sharing!