Roast Broccoli

This recipe is taken from http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/11/the_best_brocco.html and is absolutely delicious!

Ingredients:
4-5 pounds of broccoli
EVOO
salt/pepper
4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
lemon
parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Take 4 to 5 pounds of broccoli (I just got two large bunches), cut into florets (but relatively big ones.) Don't wash them if you want to get them crispy brown (aka delicious!). The heat of the oven will kill any germs.

Place the broccoli on a cookie sheet. Toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. (5 Tbs olive oil, 1 1/2 tsps kosher salt, 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper, or just eyeballed it.) Now add the 4 garlic cloves.

Roast in the oven 20 to 25 minutes, until “crisp-tender and the tips of some of the florets are browned.”

I shook the pan around a bit as it went, but not sure that’s necessary.

When it’s done, take it out of the oven and zest a lemon over the broccoli, squeeze the lemon juice over the broccoli, add 1.5 Tbs more olive oil, and 1/3 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

Enjoy!



Very scrumptious, with thanks to my husband's sister for recommending!