Broccoli and chickpea flan
( Broccoli e ceci)

Broccoli and chickpea flan recipe

Preparation and cooking

• - Steam broccoli.
• - Meanwhile ...
  ...drain chickpeas from their preserving liquid very well.
• - Season to taste with salt broccoli and chickpeas and then purée them.
• - Preheat oven to 180° (350°).
• - Grease a plumcake mold with 2 teaspoons olive oil and sprinkle it with sesame seeds.
  Transfer your vegetable purée into the mold and level its surface.
• - Bake until pie surface is golden, 20 to 25 minutes.

Just before serving

• - Let your flan become warm and then turn it upside down on a serving dish.
  Cut it into slices and decoratewith black truffle, cut into thin slices.
  Dress with the remaining olive oil.

Note

Tips

• - If you want, you can use fresh broccoli (1.1kg - 2.4 pounds) and dried chick peas (200g - 7 ounces). But preparation and cooking time are longer, obviously.
• - You can prepare black truffle in advance. Cut it into thin slices and cover them with abundant olive oil and a pinch of salt. If you want, you can add a garlic clove. I prefer not to add the garlic.
• - You can prepare this dish in advance: in the morning for the evening.

Menu planning

• - This broccoli and chickpea flan is perfect to serve as an appetizer in a full menu. It can be combined with the classic assortment of cold cuts according to the Italian style but I also have the habit to accompany dishes with shrimps and shellfish too.
• - It is also a good solution when you need to prepare a standing lunch or dinner because you can eat it only with the fork.
• - It becomes often our vegetarian dinner. And so its portions are calculated for this situation. If you have to serve it in a full menu, you can consider more than 10 servings. But everything depends on the rest of your menu.

Healthy eating

• - Black truffle is optional and so it is non included in calories.
• - As you have just read, this recipe is well balanced from all points of view. If you choose it for your family menu, you can complete your meal as you prefer. I generally consider it a resource for my two vegetarian days in the typical week of cold months. So I match it to a pumpkin cream of a light soup and a portion of bread.

Loretta

What's the right wine for " Broccoli and chickpea flan "?

My husband and I have paired different wines to this broccoli flan: the bubbles of Prosecco, white and young red wines.