Smashed broccoli with cheese and garlic recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Smashed potatoes have been a social media sensation, in potato salads, with dips or in a roast. But spuds aren’t the only veg that deserve the treatment. Served as a healthy snack, a tasty side or added to a salad, these crispy, cheesy broccoli bites are a real winner.
See method- Serves 4 as a snack
- Takes 40 mins
- 200 calories / serving
- Gluten-free
- Vegetarian
- Healthy
Ingredients
- 1 garlic bulb, cloves peeled
- 500g head of broccoli, cut into florets, stalk discarded
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 100g pecorino or Parmesan, grated
For the dip
- 75g 0% fat Greek-style yogurt
- 1 tbsp hot sauce
- 10g fresh chives, finely chopped
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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 830kJ 200.0kcal
- Fat
- 12g
- Saturates
- 6g
- Salt
- 1.8g
- Sugars
- 3g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 6.6gProtein 14.2gFibre 5.1g
Method
- Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Bring a pan of water to the boil and blanch the garlic cloves for 3 mins, adding the broccoli for the final 1 min. Drain and leave to steam-dry.
- Toss the broccoli and garlic in the oil until well coated. Sprinkle half the cheese over the base of a lined baking tray. Add the broccoli and garlic in an even layer and squash down with a spatula. Cover with the rest of the cheese; bake for 25-30 mins until golden and crisp.
- Meanwhile, mix all the dip ingredients together in a serving bowl; season.
- Remove the broccoli from the oven and leave to stand for a few mins; break up. Serve with the dip.
- Tip: Blanching the garlic softens the flavour as well as stopping it from burning, so don’t miss this step.
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