Roasted broccoli with lemon garlic butter and toasted pine
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pounds | Broccoli florets |
| 2 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| Salt and freshly ground black pepper | ||
| 2 | tablespoons | Unsalted butter |
| 1 | teaspoon | Minced garlic |
| ½ | teaspoon | Grated lemon zest |
| 1 | tablespoon | Fresh lemon juice; (up to 2) |
| 2 | tablespoons | Pine nuts; toasted |
Directions
Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
In a large bowl, toss the broccoli with the oil and salt and pepper to taste. Arrange the florets in a single layer on a baking sheet and roast, turning once, for 12 minutes, or until just tender.
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and lemon zest and heat, stirring, for about 1 minute. Let cool slightly and stir in the lemon juice. Place the broccoli in a serving bowl, pour the lemon butter over it and toss to coat. Scatter the toasted pine nuts over the top.
Yield: 4 servings
Notes: Recipe courtesy of Georgia Downard, Reasons to Roast Recipe by: Cooking live Show #9024 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #966 by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on Dec 19, 1997