The broccoli and sausage bake is a great main dish, prepared as always with few ingredients and you will achieve a superb result! If you want to impress your guests, you can also serve it as an appetizer by cooking it in muffin cups, in any case it will be a success! Besides being delicious, it is also a way to make children eat vegetables! This broccoli bake will have you licking your lips with its crispy crust and its soft and creamy interior!
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Boiling, Electric oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for Broccoli and Sausage Bake
- 27.5 oz broccoli (green, weighed after cleaning)
- 5 oz sausage
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1 clove red garlic
- 2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp grated cheese
- to taste fine salt
- to taste mixed peppercorns (freshly ground)
Useful Tools
- Chopping board
- Knife
- Bowl
- Colander
- Pot
- Kitchen scale
- Baking pan
- Fork
- Spoon
Preparation of Broccoli and Sausage Bake
Start by cleaning the broccoli from waste parts, cut it into small pieces, rinse under running water, drain well with a colander, and put it in a large pot, cover with salted water, and bring to a high heat. Once it boils, cook for 20 minutes, then drain well.
Place the cooked and well-drained broccoli in a bowl, mash well with a fork, add oil, salt, pepper, peeled and crumbled sausage, and mix well. Finally, add the breadcrumbs and egg, and with the help of a spoon, mix until all ingredients are combined.
Place the obtained mixture in a non-stick baking pan, flatten it with the spoon leveling the surface, and sprinkle with grated cheese. Preheat the oven to the highest temperature.
When the oven is hot, bake the broccoli and sausage bake, cook it for 25/30 minutes. At the end of cooking, it should have a nice golden crust on top. Once cooked, remove from the oven, let it cool slightly and serve, enjoy your meal!
