This side dish goes with anything from meatloaf to roast meats to fish. It’s so simple yet so full of flavour.
Ingredients
For the sautéed broccoli with pesto, chilli and pine nuts
- 1 head broccoli — cut into bite-size florets
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic — finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon chilli flakes or ½ red chilli — seeds removed and finely sliced
- Garlic salt and ground black pepper, to taste
- 3 tablespoons pesto
- 1 tablespoon pine nuts — toasted
Method
For the sautéed broccoli with pesto, chilli and pine nuts
- Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil, add the broccoli and boil for 3 minutes. Drain.
- Heat the oil in a large pan, add the garlic and chilli and sauté for 30 seconds.
- Add the broccoli, salt and pepper and sauté, stirring, until cooked through.
- Stir in the pesto and serve topped with the pine nuts.