No. 04 — The GRINTO Kitchen

Charred leek, cold broccoli greens

Warm leeks, cool microgreens, brown butter. The temperature contrast is the whole recipe — hot base, cold crown.

15 minServes 2 as a sideBroccoli microgreens
Charred leeks in brown butter scattered with broccoli microgreens
Made with Broccoli microgreens — Mild brassica, sulforaphane-rich.

Ingredients

  • 3 young leeks, halved lengthways
  • 50g butter
  • 1 tbsp capers
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • A large handful of broccoli microgreens
  • Lemon zest

Kitchen note — The greens go on after plating. If they touch the pan, the sulforaphane — and the point — is gone.

Order the greens for this dish

Method

  1. 01Char the leeks cut-side down in a hot dry pan, 6–8 minutes, until blackened at the edges and soft inside.
  2. 02In the same pan, melt the butter and let it foam and turn hazelnut-brown.
  3. 03Off the heat, stir in capers, Dijon and a squeeze of lemon.
  4. 04Plate the leeks, spoon over the brown butter.
  5. 05Scatter the broccoli microgreens over the top, cold, with lemon zest.