ideas for broccoli & cauliflower

Lizling

Doesn't sound like it's off if it wasn't slimy, mouldy or smelly. Perhaps it just has a much stronger flavour than supermarket broccoli?

I'm trying to think of ways you could make use of its bitterness, or mask it a bit with other things...

How about trying broccoli pesto, if you've got a blender? It works well with other bitter greens, so I don't see why not. That way you could add other things to it until it tastes right, and if it still tastes bad, then you've only ruined a sauce, not a whole meal.

Even found a recipe online for it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pan-fried_gnocchi_with_36887
I thought it was just me who bunged all sorts of random green things into blenders and called it pesto

Liz_M

Thanks that actually sounds really nice and definitely something I wouldn't have thought of making! Will probably do it with pasta instead of gnocchi and will either pop to supermarket for parmesan and a chilli or just make it with cheddar and some chilli flakes! Was actually going to buy parmesan yesterday but they didn't have any, not even pecorino or anything... just the shavings or grated but I like to buy a block as I'll grate some for some recipes but shave it for others.

Didn't even think about the fact that it could just be stronger broccoli either! Makes sense because most of the veg does taste a bit different to supermarket stuff, some of it has a bit of a different flavour but a lot of it has different textures etc. A bit disappointing if I just like the taste of supermarket broccoli better...but I think it's the first thing I've found in the veg box that I wasn't keen on so not the end of the world!