# How to prepare broccoli

## The essentials

Broccoli cooks fast and does not like long cooking: five to six minutes steamed, or fifteen minutes in a very hot oven. The stem is eaten, peeled and cut into sticks.

## Choosing it

Dark green, tight, with no yellow flowers. A firm stem, not split.

## Preparing it

Cut the florets at the base. Peel the stem with a peeler, it is tender underneath, and cut it into sticks. Wash everything.

## Cutting it for the dish

- In florets, for steaming, boiling or the oven.
- The stem in sticks or rounds, cooked with the florets or stir-fried.

## How long it takes

Two minutes.

## Storing it

In the fridge, three to five days, it yellows fast. Blanched, it freezes.

## Make it tonight

The page "How to boil and steam vegetables": broccoli florets, six minutes.

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