Author Notes
There is a green wave in my kitchen. It is as if I wanted to retain all the green of the season in my dishes. It is now mr. broccolis time to perform, and I will love to see it crunchy and tasty, wrapped in a pastry I adapted for this recipe, with walnuts and a creamy and soft good old bechamel sauce. —bonheurcuisine
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Ingredients
- For the pastry
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1 cup
plus 1 tbsp plain flour
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1/2 cup
whole wheat flour
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1/2 teaspoon
salt
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8 tablespoons
unsalted butter, cold and diced
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6 tablespoons
cold water
- For the filling
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11/2
small broccoli plant
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3
garlic cloves, thinly sliced
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2 tablespoons
extra virgin olive oil
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1/2 cup
walnuts, coarsely chopped
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1 cup
bechamel sauce
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2 tablespoons
grated parmesan cheese
Directions
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Sieve the plain flour and the whole wheat flour in a bowl and add the salt. Combine well
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Make a well in the middle and add the unsalted butter, cold and diced. Work with the tip of your fingers until you obtain crumbs
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Add the cold water and form a ball. Refrigerate for 20 minutes
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Separate the broccoli florets from the stem. Roast them in a hot oven for 20 minutes on a tray lined with parchment paper. Heat the olive oil in a pan and add the thinly sliced garlic cloves to perfume. Add the broccoli and sauté to impregnate the oil and the garlic
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For the bechamel sauce: In a separate pan make a "roux" with 1 tbsp unsalted butter and 2 tbsp plain flour. Add the milk and beat vigorously to prevent lumps from forming. Let it thicken. Add salt, pepper and 1/2 teespoon ground nutmeg
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Take the pastry fron the refrigerator and flatten it on a dusted working top, roll it until it is 3 to 4 mm tall and 35 cm round
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Arrange the broccoli florets and the garlic in the middle, leaving 5 cm free from the border
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Sprinkle the coarsely chopped walnuts
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Drizzle the thickened bechamel sauce and top with 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
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Fold the edges of the pastry towards the centre
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Preheat oven to 220 C and bake for 30 minutes or until the pastry is slightly golden
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