Purple sprouting broccoli recipes
Purple sprouting broccoli is a highlight of spring. Try it in pasta dishes, salads, gratins and tarts. One of our personal favourites is this simple but seriously good chorizo and sprouting broccoli frittata.
Explore our many more broccoli recipes here, you’ll never get bored.
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Nduja
Charred purple sprouting broccoli with ‘nduja, kale pesto and crackling crumb
Charred broccoli is elevated by the umami sweetness of the ’nduja dressing. Perfect as a summer side dish!
Purple sprouting broccoli
Miso-crusted pork with purple sprouting broccoli
Combining umami-rich miso with breadcrumbs to roast a pork tenderloin makes this easy pork dish for four an absolute knockout.
Gnocchi
Gnocchi with pancetta and purple sprouting broccoli
Pick up a pack of gnocchi and make this six-ingredient dinner tonight, featuring seasonal purple sprouting broccoli, salty pancetta and a splash of sherry.
Brunch
Poached egg, purple sprouting broccoli and tarragon hollandaise
A simple, healthy breakfast recipe showcasing eggs at their best; purple sprouting broccoli is topped with poached eggs and a silky tarragon hollandaise.
Vegetarian starters
Roast purple sprouting broccoli with smashed white beans
Gill Meller's roast purple sprouting broccoli recipe makes a wonderful sharing starter. Alternatively, serve it as a side with the Sunday roast.
February seasonal
Garlic and parsley roast chicken with crunchy purple sprouting broccoli
Easy-to-make, full of flavour. This chicken thigh tray-bake recipe is an easy dinner for two, and uses seasonal purple sprouting broccoli in a new way
Vegan dinners
Easy broccoli, chilli and lemon spaghetti
This zingy broccoli spaghetti, served with lemon and a good pinch of chilli is topped with toasted almonds for added crunch.
Boiled eggs
Purple sprouting broccoli with soft-boiled egg and crisp rosemary breadcrumbs
Get ready to dip tender purple sprouting broccoli into a dippy egg! The addition of rosemary breadcrumbs transforms this simple dish.
Easy dinner party mains
Whole sea bass with purple sprouting broccoli, chilli and garlic
Whole sea bass makes an impressive dinner party main – this simple recipe uses only a few ingredients, allowing the fresh fish to shine.
Gnocchi
Sprouting broccoli and pea pesto gnocchi
Could this be the quickest ever gnocchi recipe? Ready in just 10 mins, the vegetarian meal for four combines broccoli pesto with gnocchi to make a warming supper
April seasonal
Pork chops with spelt, wild garlic and purple sprouting broccolli
This quick and easy pork recipe celebrates some of spring's most prized ingredients – wild garlic and purple sprouting broccoli.
Mozzarella
Quick parma ham and mozzarella salad
Need a good salad for spring? Enjoy this quick salad recipe made with purple sprouting broccoli, parma ham, radishes and mozzarella.
Purple sprouting broccoli
Roast purple sprouting broccoli, black pudding and parsnip salad
Use seasonal purple sprouting in this springtime salad recipe made with parsnips, black pudding and rocket.
Midweek meals
Pappardelle with purple sprouting broccoli, Dolcelatte and walnuts
Pappardelle makes a fantastic pasta dish which can be varied using seasonal ingredients; we've added purple sprouting broccoli to this creamy dish
Easy dinner party mains
Saffron and quail egg risotto with purple sprouting broccoli
Here's a different risotto recipe to try - makes the most of seasonal purple sprouting broccoli and gets its great colour from saffron.
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