In praise of brussel sprouts

[mr steev]

Sprouts are great

I've always liked them, even as a kid

We had some friends round for dinner on Sunday... I made a pie with stilton, cream cheese, toasted cashews, carrots and sprouts, served with loads of roast veg and some more sprouts fried with shallots and walnuts... it was fantastic

 

[aqua]

whats the recipe that sounds right up my mums street for a meal I could win major brownie points there

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Funny, I hated sprouts as a child, now I luuuurve them.

Steamed/lightly boiled, with a knob of butter and freshly greated nutmeg. Yum.

 

[mr steev]

whats the recipe that sounds right up my mums street for a meal I could win major brownie points there

8oz leeks (sliced)
5.5 oz butter
8 oz carrots (cubed)
8 oz mushrooms (sliced)
8 oz sprouts (quatered)
2 garlic cloves (crushed)
4 oz cream cheese
4 oz stilton or roquefort
1/4 pint double cream
2 eggs (beaten)
8 oz cooking apples
8 oz cashews or pine nuts (toasted)
12 oz filo pastry

Cook leeks & carrots with 1.5 oz butter over a medium heat for 5 mins.
Add mushrooms, sprouts and garlic and cook for a further 2 mins.
Put veg in a bowl and leave to cool.
Whisk cream cheese, blue cheese, cream and eggs in a bowl with salt & pepper. Pour over cooled veg.
Peel, core and cut apples into 1cm cubes and add to veg with nuts.
Melt the rest of the butter and brush a 9" loose based cake tin.
Brush one side of 2/3 of filo pastry, one at a time, and line the base and sides of the tin.
Spoon in the veg mixture and turn the excess pastry over to form a lid.
Brush the remaining pastry and cut into short 1" strips, then scrunch strips and place on top of pie... for extra la-de-da-ness

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Brussells sprouts = horrid, horrid, horrid, horrid, horrid, horrid, horrid, horrid.

Bloik.

And they reek too.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

8oz leeks (sliced)
5.5 oz butter
8 oz carrots (cubed)
8 oz mushrooms (sliced)
8 oz sprouts (quatered)
2 garlic cloves (crushed)
4 oz cream cheese
4 oz stilton or roquefort
1/4 pint double cream
2 eggs (beaten)
8 oz cooking apples
8 oz cashews or pine nuts (toasted)
12 oz filo pastry

Cook leeks & carrots with 1.5 oz butter over a medium heat for 5 mins.
Add mushrooms, sprouts and garlic and cook for a further 2 mins.
Put veg in a bowl and leave to cool.
Whisk cream cheese, blue cheese, cream and eggs in a bowl with salt & pepper. Pour over cooled veg.
Peel, core and cut apples into 1cm cubes and add to veg with nuts.
Melt the rest of the butter and brush a 9" loose based cake tin.
Brush one side of 2/3 of filo pastry, one at a time, and line the base and sides of the tin.
Spoon in the veg mixture and turn the excess pastry over to form a lid.
Brush the remaining pastry and cut into short 1" strips, then scrunch strips and place on top of pie... for extra la-de-da-ness

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[Biddlybee]

Nope - never liked them. Might be because I think they look like mini cabbages, and I'm really disappointed when they don't taste like them
Or possibly, it’s the way they've been cooked?

Now brussel tops - yum! Tried them for the first time about 7years ago and always keep my eye out for them.

 

[pianistenvy]

yum to sprouts! yum to purple sprouting broccoli as well!

 

[mr steev]

* double post

 

[mr steev]

Your basically right. Sprouts a vegetable you mature into.. like broccoli.

I've always liked both... most kids I know like broccoli, even toddlers (little trees )
I can see it with sprouts though... they can have quite a strong taste

 

[EastEnder]

This probably won't go down at all well, but......... I like my sprouts boiled until they're super soft.

And I prefer tomato ketchup on them, not butter.

 

[pianistenvy]

This probably won't go down at all well, but......... I like my sprouts boiled until they're super soft.

And I prefer tomato ketchup on them, not butter.

ketchup on most things is good. or chilli sauce.

 

[richsaint]

Mmmm... I love 'em provided they're not over cooked.

I like to shred them, and stir fry in loads of butter, then, when they're done add a little bit of cream, some finely chopped smoked bacon and a teaspoon of carraway seeds and away you go

 

[pianistenvy]

Mmmm... I love 'em provided they're not over cooked.

I like to shred them, and stir fry in loads of butter, then, when they're done add a little bit of cream, some finely chopped smoked bacon and a teaspoon of carraway seeds and away you go

that's making me drool and it's not lunchtime yet... might try that for dinner tomorrow

 

[milesy]

sprouts are shit

you stupid cunt.