Healthy and a great way to start the day, serve this delicious tender stem broccoli salad with shallot vinaigrette and croutons as a light lunch.
Serves 2
Cooking time: 10 mins
What You’ll Need:
- 2 banana shallots
- 175g Tenderstem broccoli
- 40g soft white sourdough crusts on cut up into croutons and a good splash more olive oil to fry in
- 1 ½ tsp Dijon mustard
- 4 brown salted anchovies from oil very finely chopped and mashed with a knife
- 2 tsp white or red wine vinegar
- Pinch of caster sugar
- 2 ½ tbls olive oil
- Small handful broken walnuts
- 6 small radishes, sliced lengthways
- 10 fresh chives snapped in half
- Bunch fresh tarragon
What To Do:
- Peel & half and finely slice the shallots. Cook the shallots in a good splash of olive oil and sauté very gently for 8 minutes until totally softened but not coloured. Season with salt to taste.
- After 5 minutes of cooking the shallots, drop the Tenderstem broccoli in boiling water & cook for 2 minutes.
- While the shallots and broccoli cook fry the croutons in some olive oil until golden brown, 4 minutes or so.
- Combine the sugar, mustard, anchovies & vinegar, in a cup or small bowl and then beat in the olive oil until the dressing is emulsified and creamy, toss the cooked shallots & broccoli in a serving bowl with the radishes.
- Strip the tarragon from the stalks and scatter it on top of the salad followed by the walnut pieces, chives and croutons.
- Eat warm.
Recipe from www.tenderstem.co.uk