Name: Yama Kitchen & Bar’s roasted broccoli with roasted sesame sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 300 gm broccoli (2 heads), halved; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; Dried bonito-flavoured sesame seeds; Roasted sesame sauce; 30 gm white sesame seeds; ½ tsp caster sugar; 1½ tbsp Kewpie mayonnaise; 1 tbsp Japanese rice vinegar; 1 tbsp tamari; 2½ tsp mirin; 2½ tsp sesame oil

Yama Kitchen & Bar’s roasted broccoli with roasted sesame sauce

“Roasted broccoli teamed with a soy and sesame sauce makes a very savoury side dish,” says Hamish Nugent.

Serves 6

Prep

25M

Cook

35M

Total

Ingredients

300 gm broccoli (2 heads), halved

2 tbsp vegetable oil

Dried bonito-flavoured sesame seeds

Roasted sesame sauce

30 gm white sesame seeds

½ tsp caster sugar

1½ tbsp Kewpie mayonnaise

1 tbsp Japanese rice vinegar

1 tbsp tamari

2½ tsp mirin

2½ tsp sesame oil

Method

Main

1.For roasted sesame sauce, preheat oven to 180C. Roast sesame seeds on an oven tray, stirring a couple of times, until golden brown (6-10 minutes). Finely grind sesame seeds and sugar with a mortar and pestle or, for a finer sauce, grind in a high-speed blender. Add remaining ingredients and whisk to combine.

2.Increase oven to 250C. Blanch broccoli until just tender, but not soft (1½-2 minutes; see cook’s notes p177). Refresh in iced water, drain and pat dry with paper towels. Oil and season broccoli with salt all over. Place in a roasting pan lined with baking paper and roast until it starts to caramelise (12-18 minutes).

3.Pour sesame dressing onto plates and top with roasted broccoli, scatter with bonito-flavoured sesame seeds and serve.