Roasted Sesame Broccolini Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Recipe Overview
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4 as a side
Ingredients Needed
- 2 bunches broccolini (around 450g/1lb)
- 30g honey
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 45ml extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon white sesame seeds
Step-By-Step Cooking Instructions
Preparing the Broccolini
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 220C/428F or 200C/392F fan forced and line a large baking tray or 2 medium ones with parchment. Wash the broccolini and shake or pat it dry. Arrange it in alternate top and tail on the baking tray/s.
Roasting the Broccolini
Step 2 - Add the honey and salt into a bowl and slowly whisk in the olive oil and drizzle over the broccolini. Sprinkle the sesame seeds and then bake for 10 minutes. Place on a serving plate. I also like to scrape up the extra sesame seeds on the baking tray and add them on top of the broccolini.
Personal Note
I love roasting vegetables and you may like this Roasted Sweet Potato With Caramelised Pecans. Or if corn is in season this Mexican Street Corn has so much flavour! Or go classic with Glazed Dutch Carrots.
Broccolini is super cheap at the moment so every week we buy 6 bunches. I am not kidding about how moreish this roasted broccolini is. The other night I was craving it so much that I was very tempted to have it as a late night snack. And Dear Reader I never snack after I brush my teeth, shower and go to bed to watch tv. I couldn't stop thinking about this broccolini even while Cordelia Cupp was solving a murder on tv and my mind kept drifting to the container of sesame broccolini I had in the fridge downstairs. I weighed up the pros and cons - the cons were obviously I'd have to brush my teeth again but I'd also have to floss because of these sesame seeds.
It got to the point of distraction where I was no longer paying attention to the tv. And at 11:19pm I went downstairs, turned on the dimmest light and snacked on 6 stems of the sesame broccolini crunching away like a hungry raccoon. And I'm afraid that now I have a new late night craving that I find hard to resist!
So tell me Dear Reader, have you had any really odd late night cravings? Do you snack at night?