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Italian Broccoli

From America's Cook Book. 1942 (1942).

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A historical recipe

America's Cook Book. 1942, by The New York Herald Tribune (1942).

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.

Method

  1. Cook broccoli until almost tender;
  2. drain and sauté lightly in hot olive oil until delicately browned.
  3. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Colander
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Credit

From America's Cook Book. 1942 (1942), printed page 444, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/aamericas-cook-book

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.