Broccoli Rabe With Garlic and Pancetta

"Another lovely side from the Culinary Resource Center at Central Market. Variations suggested include: Serve tossed with freshly cooked pasta, such as fusilli or orechiette, and ricotta cheese. Serve as a cold salad, or Add stock and rice to make a light soup."
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Add broccoli rabe and cook until just bright green, then immediately remove and plunge into ice water. Drain and set aside.
  • In a skillet, over medium-high heat, saute the pancetta until lightly-crisp, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, 2 T olive oil and pepper flakes. Saute until garlic is slightly golden, about 1 minute. Add broccoli and more oil if needed. Toss and cook until tender and heated through. Remove from heat and add lemon juice. Transfer to a platter and garnish with more pepper flakes, parmesan and/or bread crumbs.

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Reviews

  1. This was a great combo together! I loved that the broccoli got so much flavor from the pancetta and there wasn't a need for additional salt. I did overcook my broccoli a little when I boiled it, but it still turned out great! Made for AUS/NZ Recipe Swap #60.
     
  2. Lovely!! I used regular broccoli and a bit extra pancetta. Easy to do and such wonderful flavor!! Thanks for posting!
     
  3. This is absolutely amazing!! I added 1 pound of meat filled tortellini.
     
  4. This was really good. The recipe in my Williams-Sonoma "Vegetable" book is virtually identical, with the exception that it uses the juice of 1/2 of a lemon, which is what we used. In step 1, it gives a guideline that you will be cooking the broccoli rabe about 5 minutes. We served this as a side to Williams-Sonoma's braised short ribs recipe served over herbed spaetzle, which I will be posting the recipe for. We would make this again. Thanks!
     
  5. This was a beautiful dish,alive with flavours. So simple,but oh so effective-a winner!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Great recipe! I couldn't find broccoli rabe so had to use regular broccoli. Instead of red pepper flakes I used recipe #222752 for part of the olive oil. I went pretty light on the lemon juice but enjoyed the freshness it added to the salty/spicy of the dish. Thanks for posting this recipe!
     

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