Recipe of the week: hot anchovy and garlic sauce, roasted broccoli and walnuts
This versatile dish works as a side, with toast for lunch or even tossed through pasta
Good anchovies are essential for this version of bagna càuda sauce, says Angela Clutton: my favourite brand is Ortiz from Brindisa in Borough Market, but they are also available elsewhere.
Anchovies are a wonderful partner for broccoli, and are especially delicious with the purple sprouting variety. This dish works as a side, as a starter, piled on toast for lunch, or even tossed through pasta.
Serves four people as a small plate or side
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Ingredients
- 250g purple sprouting broccoli
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 70g walnuts
For the anchovy and garlic sauce:
- 6 garlic cloves
- 150ml milk
- 12 anchovy fillets in oil
- 120g unsalted butter
- 120ml olive oil
- 1 tbsp crème fraîche
Method
- Preheat the oven to 210°C/190°C fan/410°F/gas mark 6.
- Trim off any very woody ends of the broccoli, then slice the stems horizontally into thinner lengths, being sure to keep the leaves. Toss in the olive oil and arrange in a single layer in a roasting tray. Season lightly. Roast in the oven for about 12 minutes, until starting to char.
- Use that time to crush the walnuts lightly, then scatter them over the broccoli and return the tray to the oven for a further 3 minutes.
- While the broccoli is roasting, prepare the sauce: peel and halve the garlic cloves, removing any green in their centres.
- Put the milk into a small saucepan, add the garlic cloves and cook gently over a low heat until tender – it will take about 15 minutes. That’s almost exactly as long as the broccoli and nuts take to roast, but if they are ready first, just set the tray aside out of the oven while you finish the sauce.
- Take the pan off the heat and mash the tender garlic cloves into the milk. Drain the anchovies of their oil and stir them into the milk until dissolved. Dice the butter into pieces and then, over a low heat, whisk in with the olive oil and crème fraîche.
- Serve the sauce with the broccoli and nuts while it is all still hot.
Taken from Borough Market: The Knowledge with Angela Clutton, published by Hodder & Stoughton at £27. Photography by Kim Lightbody. To buy from The Week Bookshop for £21.99 (incl. p&p), call 020-3176 3835 or visit theweekbookshop.co.uk.
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
-
The Pentagon faces an uncertain future with Trump
Talking Point The president-elect has nominated conservative commentator Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Department
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
-
This is what you should know about State Department travel advisories and warnings
In Depth Stay safe on your international adventures
By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published
-
'All Tyson-Paul promised was spectacle and, in the end, that's all we got'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
-
Drawing the Italian Renaissance: a 'relentlessly impressive' exhibition
The Week Recommends Show at the King's Gallery features an 'enormous cache' of works by the likes of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael
By The Week UK Published
-
Niall Williams shares his favourite books
The Week Recommends The Irish novelist chooses works by Charles Dickens, Seamus Heaney and Wendell Berry
By The Week UK Published
-
Patriot: Alexei Navalny's memoir is as 'compelling as it is painful'
The Week Recommends The anti-corruption campaigner's harrowing book was published posthumously after his death in a remote Arctic prison
By The Week UK Published
-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: a 'magical' show with 'an electrifying emotional charge'
The Week Recommends The 'vivacious' Fitzgerald adaptation has a 'shimmering, soaring' score
By The Week UK Published
-
Bird: Andrea Arnold's 'strange, beguiling and quietly moving' drama
The Week Recommends Barry Keoghan stars in 'fearless' film combining social and magical realism
By The Week UK Published
-
One great cookbook: 'The Zuni Café Cookbook' by Judy Rodgers
The Week Recommends A tome that teaches you to both recreate recipes and think like a cook
By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published
-
Kate Summerscale's 6 favorite true crime books about real murder cases
Feature The best-selling author recommends works by Helen Garner, Gwen Adshead, and more
By The Week US Published
-
6 elegant homes in the Mediterranean style
Feature Featuring an award-winning mansion in Colorado and an Alhambra palace-inspired home in Washington
By The Week Staff Last updated