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    Baby Broccoli with Hazelnut Butter

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    Baby Broccoli with Hazelnut Butter is a delicious and simple side to dinner. Toasted nuts with browned butter make this dish special enough for the holidays.


    Tender green veggies with a toasted butter and hazelnut sauce is so simple to make, and it's gorgeous on your holiday table.

    Baby Broccoli with Hazelnut Butter

    Baby broccoli, or broccolini, is in season fall and winter and the flavor is more mild than regular broccoli. It's a great vegetable side to go with Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.

    Holiday Dinner Comes Together

    Whether you have a traditional prime rib roast, meatballs, ham, turkey, fish, tamales or goose (hello Tiny Tim) for Christmas dinner, this gorgeous side will be pretty perfect. Or pretty and perfect. Depends on how you like to look at it.

    The perfection comes in the special little hazelnuts sizzled in butter that browns into a tasty golden sauce. It’s just fancy enough for a Christmas Eve, day or holiday dinner, but easy enough that you might just want it on a regular Wednesday.

    Serve it along with other sides at dinner, I like to load up on vegetable sides like these Roasted Vegetables or Brussels Sprouts. Make sure you have delicious rolls and even sweet potatoes if you like, and you have a complete holiday meal for the family.

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    What is Baby Broccoli?

    Baby broccoli, or Broccolini is dark green with tender long stems and tiny tree tops. If you can’t find it in your market, broccoli rabe is a great substitution. I like the mild flavor of baby broccoli though, so I suggest you ask your grocer to order it!
    Broccoli Rabe will have a stronger flavor, but is still delicious with the toasted nuts and butter.
    I personally love the stems of regular broccoli, so these lanky gems are my fave. If you'd like to use other nuts, they are equally as delicious with this side dish. Try pecans, even almonds if you'd like.

    Baby Broccoli with Hazelnut Butter

    Baby Broccoli with Hazelnut Butter

    Tara Teaspoon
    Take advantage of a delicious seasonal vegetable for this beautiful side dish.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 13 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8 to 10
    Calories 121 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 tablespoon unsalted butter
    • ½ cup (3 oz) skinned roasted hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
    • 1 lb baby broccoli trimmed
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • zest of 1 lemon

    Instructions
     

    • For hazelnut butter, in a small saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add nuts and cook until butter begins to brown and nuts just start to turn golden, about 3 min. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
    • In a large nonstick skillet, bring ¾ cup water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add broccoli and cook, turning occasionally, until just tender, 8 to 10 min. Using tongs, transfer to a platter. Stir together nuts, butter, salt and zest; spoon over broccoli.

    Notes

    Tip: Baby broccoli is dark green with tender long stems and tiny tree tops. If you can’t find it in your market, broccoli rabe is a great substitution. I like the mild flavor of baby broccoli though, so I suggest you ask your grocer to order it!
     
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 121kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 90mgPotassium: 51mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1176IUVitamin C: 53mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 1mg
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    Baby Broccoli with Hazelnut butter side dish
    Holiday side dish Baby Broccoli with Hazelnuts

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    Recipe by Tara Bench Originally published in Ladies’ Home Journal Dec 2007. Photography Quentin Bacon. Food Styling Tara Bench. Prop Styling Bella Foster

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    Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas Side Dishes, Side Dishes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Side Dishes Tagged With: Baby broccoli, broccoli, broccoli rabe, broccolini, butter, hazelnuts, holiday dinner, side, Side Dish

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    1. Mary says

      July 19, 2018 at 6:54 pm

      This is a beautiful side dish! I love the hazelnut butter.

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    2. Marie says

      May 31, 2020 at 9:15 pm

      Hazelnut butter is just what this baby broccoli needed to dress it up and please a crowd! I loved the contrast of the tender broccoli, the crunchy hazelnut, and the pep from the zest. A perfect combination!

      Reply

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