Sprout Supper
By: Topveg
Published: Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 4:04am

Ingredients




14 cleaned Brussels sprouts
medium onion peeled & chopped
4 rashers of bacon chopped
rapeseed oil for frying 

black pepper

Preparation

1 Place the sprouts in boiling water & par-boil until just crunchy (about 8 minutes) 2 Drain the sprouts 3 As the sprouts are cooking, fry the onion and bacon until crunchy in the rapeseed oil 4 Add the partly cooked sprouts to the frying mixture, and stir in for about 3 minutes 5 Grind some black pepper over the mixture 6 Serve!

About


Here is a recipe using Brussels sprouts which is ideal for a winter lunch or supper.
Ingredients for 2 people:
14 cleaned Brussels sprouts
medium onion peeled & chopped
4 rashers of bacon chopped
rapeseed oil for frying
black pepper
Method:
place the sprouts in boiling water & par-boil until just crunchy (about 8 minutes)
drain the sprouts
as the sprouts are cooking, fry the onion and bacon until crunchy in the rapeseed oil
add the partly cooked sprouts to the frying mixture, and stir in for about 3 minutes
grind some black pepper over the mixture
serve!
Time: about 15 minutes from start to finish
We used Bridget sprouts & Woburn Country Foods black back bacon as it gave it a sweet, smoky flavour.
Served with a baked potato, it was a great Sprout Supper!