Roasted Broccoli with Garlic Dressing
Easy Roasted Broccoli coated with a Creamy Garlic Dressing
Ingredients
- 1.25lb/570g 1 large head broccoli
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp coarse salt
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 head garlic
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 pinches red chili flakes
- 1/4 tsp coarse salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit or 220 degrees Celsius
- Wash the head of broccoli. Remove the tiny leaves. Cut the florets off the stalk and then into bite size pieces. Trim the end of the stalk. Cut the stalk in half horizontally, then peel the lower part and cut it up. The top part is more tender and doesn’t need to be peeled. Put everything in a bowl and set aside.
- Cut the top off the head of garlic so all the cloves are exposed but head is intact. Put the garlic head on a piece of foil and drizzle a teaspoon of olive oil on top. Rub it all over and cover with foil. Put this foil packet in the corner of a baking sheet and cook it in the heated oven for 25 minutes.
- Season the broccoli with 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp ground black pepper and 2 tbsp olive oil. Mix it up.
- After 25 minutes, take the baking sheet out of the oven. It’s really hot, so you want to be careful when putting the broccoli on the sheet. Spread with a spoon and make sure the broccoli is in a single layer. I put the cut side down so it’ll get a nice color. Put back in the oven for 20 minutes or until the broccoli looks golden.
- After 20 minutes, take the sheet out of the oven. The garlic is cooked but too hot to handle so leave it alone for a few minutes. In the meantime, make the dressing. To a bowl, add mustard, honey, chili flakes, apple cider vinegar and 1/4 tsp salt. Mix together. Add 3 tbsp olive oil and whisk it up.
- Put the broccoli in a bowl. When the garlic is cool enough to handle, squeeze the garlic head right into a mortar and pestle or bowl. Mash up the garlic. Add a heaping tablespoon of the paste to the dressing and whisk it up. Taste and add more salt, chili flakes or garlic if you wish. Spoon the dressing over the broccoli and stir to combine.
- ***This was a lot of garlic and I definitely didn't use all of it in this recipe. Again, my head of garlic was very big.
- ***To mash the garlic, you can even use a fork. It’s so soft and easy to turn into a paste by hand that you don’t need a food processor.
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