Steamed broccoli: a love letter from Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over (page 139) by Alison Roman

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Accompaniments: Tiny creamy pasta with black pepper and pecorino; Buttered salmon with red onion and dill; Pot of pasta with broccoli rabe and chorizo bread crumbs

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  • stephanie_frj4st on April 27, 2026

    Loved the idea of added lemon and tossing in herbs. Definitely elevated the normally unexciting steamed broccoli.

  • westminstr on December 02, 2025

    The steaming instructions worked very well, did 1/2 lemon, maldon salt & good olive oil.

  • EmmaJaneDay on April 17, 2022

    Nice and simple. Sprinkled with Aleppo pepper. Used to accompany Sabrina Ghayour’s tray baked lamb chops.

  • mbean on February 12, 2022

    Simple, yet somehow I’d never done broccoli this way before. Delish!

  • Beebopalulu on June 09, 2020

    Good instructions for preparing broccoli. The lemon juice and salt does make it a nice complement to most meals.

  • anya_sf on December 04, 2019

    This recipe is really just a basic method to steam broccoli. I followed the suggestion to squeeze a whole lemon over the broccoli and sprinkle with flaky salt and the result was very good.

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