Boil the broccoli

• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
• Drop the broccoli into the boiling water.

Build the garlic and oil base

• Pour a good quarter cup of olive oil into the pan, coating the whole bottom — this is the base of the sauce.
• Add the garlic cloves: 3 smashed and 1 minced.
• Add about 1/2 teaspoon of chili pepper and give it a stir.

Stop the garlic from burning

• The second you smell the garlic, shut off the heat and push the pan to the back.
• To prevent the garlic from burning, add a little more cold oil to the pan — it will slow it down.

Add the bread to the water

• Cut up the 2-3 day old stale bread.
• Add it to the boiling water with the broccoli for the last 30 seconds.

Drain

• Shut off the heat.
• Strain the bread and broccoli in the sink.

Combine and mix

• Pour the bread and broccoli into the pan with the garlic oil.
• Mix until everything comes together — the soft broccoli mushes into the bread.

Serve

• Put a big bowl of green onions in the middle of the table.
• Take a bite of the pane cotto and a bite of the onion.