The first of the season purple sprouting broccoli was standing tall and proud at the Farmers’ Market letting us all know that Spring is just around the corner. Everyone wanted some of this majestic member of the Brassica family.
In order to celebrate the first greens of the year there was only one companion up to the job – extra mature Cheddar cheese. To make it a glorious trio I bought some excellent collar bacon. This is one of those recipes where if you don’t fancy as much cheese you can leave it out, if you want more bacon put it in or if you have some cauliflower lying around later on in the year it would do just as well.
3 bunches of purple sprouting cut into stems and leaves
6 rashers of collar bacon diced
1 wedge of strong Cheddar cheese grated
235g cottage cheese
2 tablespoons single cream
400g pasta
Salt and pepper
Ingredients
To feed 4 people I used: