Blistered broccolini with charred dates, lemons & sesame from Cook This Book: Techniques That Teach and Recipes to Repeat (page 200) by Molly Baz

Ingredients

toasted sesame oil
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lemons
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Notes about this recipe

jen_psw6bm on April 16, 2026

One of the best broccoli dishes I’ve ever made. Fortunately I was out of lemons and subbed with red wine vinegar and it ended up being better. I never knew vinegar with cooked veggies amplified the salt and flavors so much.
BearTrapHouse on March 04, 2026

Didn’t knock our socks off, prefer broccolini with less going on.
nick_ixtfmj on January 13, 2026

Tasty recipe, flavours worked well together and were balanced. I served it with the pastrami roast chicken that is also in this book.
krwhte on January 12, 2026

Made as written and turned out perfectly. Excellent combination of flavors and quick prep.
thekait on December 18, 2025

Quick and easy to make, and quite tasty. Used meyer lemon because it's what we had, so perhaps not as acidic as it was supposed to be, but still tasted balanced.
lily_o1t41p on November 20, 2025

Bring this to a family/holiday dinner when tasked with a vegetable side and just wait for the praise to roll in!!
SpatulaCity on March 05, 2025

Tasty! Even though we don’t love eating lemon rind. Otherwise a true winner! Served with the Pastrami roast chicken also from this book.
ozfoodie on February 05, 2022

Absolutely loved this. Beautifully balanced flavours and quick to prepare and cook. We made half the recipe with one bunch of broccolini, and served with roast chicken.