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rabe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• räb
• /rɑːb/

Etymology

Back-formation from broccoli rabe.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The budding shoot of a brassica that has bolted.
   • The Last of the Arugula Rabe 2019, Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall, David Chase, The Sopranos Sessions:
   • Brassicas will bolt in early fall, too, […] While these skinny shoots topped with tiny clusters of florets—and eventually blooming flowers—might look rangy, […] I eat them raw in salad or I give them a quick sauté. While the flavor of a rabe echoes the plant, any spiciness or bitterness is generally softer. 2017, Joshua McFadden, Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables, page 313:
   • Coal-roasted kale rabe, garlic and chili with pickled ginger, and caramelized ham broth. . . What more can I say? 2014, Katherine Reay, Lizzy and Jane, page 254:
   • Microgreens are examples of this desire for new life in our diet also and explain why so many chefs adorn their dishes with them. Sadly though, they are little more than eye candy. Coming from greenhouses, often hydroponically grown, they lack the true taste of life from out of doors soil. But Kenny's rabe stems are the stars on the plate, sweet and tender. I make an entire meal out of a bunch of rabe sautéed in flavorful olive oil with a lot of garlic and a liberal sprinkling of chile pepper flakes. 2021, Peter Hoffman, What's Good?: A Memoir in Fourteen Ingredients:
2. (countable, uncountable) Broccoli rabe.
   • For good measure, give your plate of ricotta and rabe a final drizzle of fruity, super-high-quality extra virgin olive oil. serves 4 to 6 1 bunch broccoli rabe 2011, Brooke Parkhurst, James Briscione, Just Married and Cooking: 200 Recipes for Living, Eating, and Entertaining Together, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 54:
   • Use your hands (or paper towel) to squeeze out excess water, then roughly chop. Add the rabe to the orecchiette. Add the pine nuts and stir to combine with the orecchiette and rabe. 2020, Charlotte Druckman, Kitchen Remix: 75 Recipes for Making the Most of Your Ingredients: A Cookbook, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 78:
   • Wrapapers 4 young Thai coconuts Filling and Rabe 2 cups shiitake mushrooms, quartered […] 2 cups broccoli rabe, cut into 2-inch lengths 2009, Matthew Kenney, Entertaining in the Raw, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 70:
   • Profiled by Sarah Di Gregorio in The Village Voice, Fratelli's is famous for its broccoli rabe specialties. A rabe hero glistens with a sheen of olive oil and comes on a soft roll, studded with golden-brown garlic cloves. A rabe-stuffed calzone steams and bursts. Penne and braised rabe somersault in a frying pan. A white pizza, topped with rabe florets, is placed on a wooden peel and shoved into a crowded oven. 2010, Anthony Di Renzo, Bitter Greens, page 96:
   • Pork & Broccoli Rabe Ciabatta Subs with Gremolata There are two different make-ahead strategies possible with this […] Option 2: You can cook the pork and rabe ahead and reheat on the night of (you'll need some chicken stock[…] 2013, Rachael Ray, Week in a Day, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 303:

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