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Roasted Pecan Broccoli

9 May, 2013 by Slim Palate 18 Comments

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I’ve mentioned before how much I love to roast vegetables. If you want to turn someone on to vegetables this is exactly how you are going to do it. Roasting vegetables takes away any of the harsher tasting parts of a vegetable if there are anyway and makes them much more smooth tasting. It also manages to give the veggies a nice smokey and nutty taste with a slight sweetness at the end. Not to mention it’s almost always incredibly healthy and Paleo so long as you don’t use any gross oils.  Like vegetable oil,  gross. Just the name makes me shudder.

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You can use pretty much any vegetable for roasting but broccoli is one of my absolute favorites. All of the little fronds stemming from the base of broccoli become golden and crispy on the outside while the stem gets browned edges and cooked perfectly. I could seriously live off of roasted broccoli and shovel it into my mouth all day long. It’s very easy to eat to, so if your making this for a group I suggest not tasting it until it’s time to eat. I only suggest that because yes, I have actually eaten a fourth to a half of the batch by “tasting it” after I cooked it.

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Although I don’t necessarily feel bad about it, you never really here anyone say something like oh I ate too much broccoli. Actually I take that back, I’ve said that before, I think it was when I ate my half that batch I made for my parents. But hey they still got some, it just happened to be two or three florets and a guilty grin from me. Now if you like roasted broccoli or veggies like me you probably have had it so many meals in a row that you are starting to get tired of the same old salt and pepper.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the simplicity of just the pure flavor of the beautiful vegetable roasted to perfection with just a little bit of salt and pepper to exemplify the taste of the veggie. But after I went to PaleoFX I actually stumbled upon a newer method to apply to the plain old salt and pepper. There was a Paleo buffet that had this broccoli that was roasted with pecans. To me this was sort of a revolution. But it wasnt just the addition of the pecans that made it special, it was more the way they included the pecans.

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So I tried my own version of it with a huge success and incredible ease. I prefer to add the pecans at the end so you get a littel bit of a more delicate taste of the pecans and it keeps the pecans from burning. You could also add the pecans after it cooks and then place them back in the oven for 5 more minutes to get the pecans a little sweet tasting and slightly toasted. Whatever you decide to do just be sure you don’t eat all of the broccoli the second it comes out, other people want to try it too.

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Roasted Pecan Broccoli
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
40 mins
 
Serves: 2-4
Ingredients
  • 1 medium head of broccoli
  • 3 cloves of garlic whole and unpeeled
  • 1-2 tablespoons avocado oil or melted ghee (I find it faster and easier with the avocado oil)
  • ⅓ cup pecans
  • 2 teaspoons ghee melted (separate from the other measurement of ghee if using ghee to roast the broccoli)
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with foil.
  2. Slightly trim stem off each broccoli head and cut each heat into fourths or sixths so you have wedges of broccoli (you can use the pictures as a reference)
  3. Place cut broccoli onto baking sheet and drizzle avocado oil or melted ghee and sprinkle salt and pepper over the broccoli and toss to coat evenly. Spread the broccoli back around the baking sheet evenly so they lay in a flat layer then add the whole unpeeled garlic cloves around the baking sheet.
  4. Place baking sheet into oven for 25-30 minutes shaking the pan a couple of times in between cooking or until broccoli is browned around the edges.
  5. Once the broccoli is done roasting pull baking sheet out of the oven and remove all of the now roasted garlic cloves and remove the skin and place in a food processor along with pecans, melted ghee and a pinch of salt and pulse until you get a moderately fine grind not too fine but not too coarse and starts to clump, it should stick a little bit together when you squeeze it together.
  6. In a medium sized bowl add broccoli and pecan mixture, toss well to combine and serve.
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Comments

  1. Erin Walker says

    12 May, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    I hated broccoli when I was younger. Since going gf/df I’ve started roasting it. I LOVE it now!! I’m a new follower of your blog-and new to blogging in general. I just started a gf/df/paleo blog. I look forward to reading more of your stuff!

    Reply
  2. Sarah says

    14 May, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    OMG! Just made this & holy cow it’s incredible!!! So addictive & now my new favorite way to make broccoli!!!

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      14 May, 2013 at 8:56 pm

      I love roasting broccoli so much so I’m glad that I helped you find a new way.

      Reply
  3. kristina g says

    14 May, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    Do you think i could sub walnut oil for avocado oil? i have a whole bottle in my fridge but no avo oil…what do you think?

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      15 May, 2013 at 8:01 pm

      Sure you can, I used to use it but then I stopped because it was a nut oil that was a little more prone to oxidation and I was concerned about any possibility of that but have also read things against that and it supposedly has a smoke point of 400-425 so you should be okay with that. Granted if it is fresh or virgin walnut oil it might impart a walnut flavor to the broccoli so it will taste slightly different but I would imagine it would be a tasty addition.

      Reply
  4. Melissa says

    3 June, 2013 at 8:55 pm

    I just finished making this… Love it! So easy and tasty. I used melted Unsalted butter and macadamia nut oil since I am also making the pescado you recently posted. All this with a small side of mixed grain rice and lemon water… Best meal ever!

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  5. Becky says

    24 June, 2013 at 8:30 pm

    I made this tonight and super delicious!!!!

    Reply

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