broccoli
(brɒkəli )
uncountable noun B1+
Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.
She forgot the broccoli and spinach for her pasta bake.
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Collocations:
broccoli florets broccoli stalk broccoli stems head of broccoli purple sprouting broccoli sprouting broccoli steamed broccoli
Top with rapini or broccoli florets and red onion.
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Juice the broccoli florets and add this juice to the blender as well.
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Add small broccoli florets and partly cover so that they can fry and steam until they are tender.
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Add broccoli florets and cook until tender.
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Place over the veg topped with broccoli florets.
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Leave to scorch while you trim the broccoli stalk and slice in pennies.
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Half fill two decent-sized pans with boiling water, add salt to both and drop the broccoli stalks in one.
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Chop the broccoli stalks into 1cm pieces, leaving the florets intact, then cook in the boiling water for 3 minutes, until tender and bright green.
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Then add the celery, broccoli stalks and stock, season and bring to the boil.
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Add broccoli stalks, stir-fry for 30 seconds, then add the tips and the sauce.
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Add the broccoli stems and apples, stir to combine, then pour over the vegetable stock.
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Wipe the pan, then heat the broccoli stems in the remaining butter — this should take 20 seconds.
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Pour in the crème fraîche mixture, then line up the blanched broccoli stems.
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Shop owners will be able to hold up a head of broccoli or slice of camembert for the customer to select.
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You will pay more than that for a head of broccoli.
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For two people, peel and finely slice the stalks of a whole head of broccoli, and gently fry in butter with chilli flakes and anchovy fillets.
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The treetops, green as grass, densely packed, remind me of heads of broccoli.
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Rapini has many spiked leaves that surround clusters of green buds that resemble small heads of broccoli.
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Take cauliflower, which for years was overshadowed by more fashionable cruciferous vegetables such as purple sprouting broccoli and kale.
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Plant purple sprouting broccoli or sprouts in a deep trench and earth them up as they grow.
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For example, purple sprouting broccoli needs to be cut fresh and sold straight away.
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Serve with buttered purple sprouting broccoli.
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Serve with new potatoes and beans or sprouting broccoli.
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The venison goes well with steamed broccoli or winter greens.
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Serve with the tarragon sauce, sprinkled with chopped chives and accompanied by either roast potatoes or potato and celeriac mash and steamed broccoli.
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Team it with a shredded crunchy salad or steamed broccoli and some rice or noodles to make it into more of a main.
The Sun (2016)
Translations:
Chinese: 西兰花
Japanese: ブロッコリー