| Sprouts 14:16 - Dec 22 with 4281 views | Mookamoo |
Anyone got a good way of cooking sprouts so my misguided sprout hating family might enjoy them? |  | | |  |
| Sprouts on 14:18 - Dec 22 with 1748 views | StokieBlue |
Fried with either bacon lardons or pancetta (even chorizo would work) and plenty of butter.
Boiling them spoils the flavour and people tend to overcook them. A well cooked sprout is a fabulous thing.
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| Sprouts on 14:18 - Dec 22 with 1744 views | BlueBadger |
A little butter and salt in the water, sprinkle in some basil and then chuck the disgusting little green things in the bin. |  |
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| Sprouts on 14:19 - Dec 22 with 1740 views | footers |
| Sprouts on 14:18 - Dec 22 by StokieBlue |
Fried with either bacon lardons or pancetta (even chorizo would work) and plenty of butter.
Boiling them spoils the flavour and people tend to overcook them. A well cooked sprout is a fabulous thing.
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This. A splash of white wine vinegar and some chilli flakes would also help things along in my humble onion. [Post edited 22 Dec 2020 14:20]
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| Sprouts on 14:20 - Dec 22 with 1727 views | JakeITFC |
I'm a firm believer that roasting them, like most other vegetables, is the way to go.
Chuck them in with some carrots, parsnips, onion and whatever else you like, just a liberal glug of oil and seasoning and they'll be lovely. |  | | |
| Sprouts on 14:20 - Dec 22 with 1726 views | MattinLondon |
Sprouts are awful and should go straight into one of these.
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| Sprouts on 14:20 - Dec 22 with 1722 views | jeera |
Fry lardons, half and brown the sprouts slightly on the flat side, splash of white wine [quick reduction], a good grind of black pepper and a small splash of double cream at the end.
As a couple or so of us like on here anyways... |  |
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| Sprouts on 14:21 - Dec 22 with 1709 views | keighleyblue |
If you're going to boil them, do it only for 5 mins and serve 'al dente'. Many people make the cardinal sin of boiling them for too long and turning them into mush, which is when they taste truly disgusting! |  | | |
| Sprouts on 14:21 - Dec 22 with 1709 views | Tractorchef |
Bacon lardons cooked until crisp, add plenty of butter, get it foaming then add the sprouts and a little salt (bacon will obviously be salty) roast the sprouts a bit until they just begin to colour. Add fresh chicken stock to almost cover the sprouts and bring to the boil. Cook until the stock reduces and emulsifies with the butter to give a nice glaze. If you want to keep the bacon crispy take it out of the pan before adding the sprouts and add it back in at the end.
Everything is better with bacon! |  | | |
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| Sprouts on 14:22 - Dec 22 with 1700 views | jeera |
| Sprouts on 14:20 - Dec 22 by MattinLondon |
Sprouts are awful and should go straight into one of these.
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You're confusing sprouts with neighbour's cats. | |
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| Sprouts on 14:22 - Dec 22 with 1693 views | bluelagos |
| Sprouts on 14:20 - Dec 22 by MattinLondon |
Sprouts are awful and should go straight into one of these.
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Normally I'd agree but in these unusual times, a few farting oldies round the crimbo table could lead to people opening the windows, which is recommended for helping avoid CV spreading. |  |
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| Sprouts on 14:23 - Dec 22 with 1695 views | SmithersJones |
Cut them in half and par boil them. Let them steam dry, then dry fry in a hot pan. At the last minute add a mix of butter and marmite. The only way to make sprouts palatable. |  | | |
| Sprouts on 14:23 - Dec 22 with 1690 views | gordon |
Top tip for getting the best out of sprouts:
Boil them with a brick over the top of the saucepan.
Eat the brick. |  | | |
| Sprouts on 14:24 - Dec 22 with 1676 views | jeera |
| Sprouts on 14:21 - Dec 22 by Tractorchef |
Bacon lardons cooked until crisp, add plenty of butter, get it foaming then add the sprouts and a little salt (bacon will obviously be salty) roast the sprouts a bit until they just begin to colour. Add fresh chicken stock to almost cover the sprouts and bring to the boil. Cook until the stock reduces and emulsifies with the butter to give a nice glaze. If you want to keep the bacon crispy take it out of the pan before adding the sprouts and add it back in at the end.
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Braised then really.
I do like braised veg, especially cabbage stuff. | |
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| Sprouts on 14:24 - Dec 22 with 1671 views | Churchman |
The best way to cook sprouts is to give them to somebody else far far away and never see them again
My mum used to put them on in August. The Devil’s veg. [Post edited 22 Dec 2020 14:27]
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| Sprouts on 14:27 - Dec 22 with 1652 views | SpruceMoose |
| Sprouts on 14:24 - Dec 22 by Churchman |
The best way to cook sprouts is to give them to somebody else far far away and never see them again
My mum used to put them on in August. The Devil’s veg. [Post edited 22 Dec 2020 14:27]
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Sounds like your Ma couldn't cook! |  |
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| Sprouts on 14:28 - Dec 22 with 1654 views | footers |
| Sprouts on 14:24 - Dec 22 by jeera |
Braised then really.
I do like braised veg, especially cabbage stuff. |
I think that helps with sprout cookery, just thinking of them as mini cabbages.
Cabbages love vinegar and bacon and so do I.
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| Sprouts on 14:29 - Dec 22 with 1646 views | Tractorchef |
| Sprouts on 14:24 - Dec 22 by jeera |
Braised then really.
I do like braised veg, especially cabbage stuff. |
Yes exactly, it’s good to do it over a night heat so that the stock reduces before the sprouts are over cooked. Red currant sand almonds a good addition also. As you say, works well for lots of veg Especially carrots! | | | |
| Sprouts on 14:29 - Dec 22 with 1645 views | jeera |
| Sprouts on 14:28 - Dec 22 by footers |
I think that helps with sprout cookery, just thinking of them as mini cabbages.
Cabbages love vinegar and bacon and so do I.
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That's exactly what they are.
Little balls of green leafy veg! | |
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| Sprouts on 14:29 - Dec 22 with 1646 views | MattinLondon |
| Sprouts on 14:22 - Dec 22 by SpruceMoose |
First ever downvote I've given you but know that it comes from a place of love. [Post edited 22 Dec 2020 14:23]
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Unbelievable.
Sprouts, along with real Christmas Trees, are awful.
Not sure if the above sentence needed two commas but that is irreverent in comparison to sprouts. | | | |
| Sprouts on 14:30 - Dec 22 with 1635 views | SpruceMoose |
| Sprouts on 14:29 - Dec 22 by MattinLondon |
Unbelievable.
Sprouts, along with real Christmas Trees, are awful.
Not sure if the above sentence needed two commas but that is irreverent in comparison to sprouts. |
It's OK buddy. Your reputation can still recover from this one! | |
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| Sprouts on 14:31 - Dec 22 with 1635 views | footers |
| Sprouts on 14:29 - Dec 22 by MattinLondon |
Unbelievable.
Sprouts, along with real Christmas Trees, are awful.
Not sure if the above sentence needed two commas but that is irreverent in comparison to sprouts. |
Just leave them for your more refined guests in that case.
Let's not get started on the monstrosity that is the Christmas pud. Only one nutter in every family actually likes the bloody stuff. Terrible dessert. | |
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| Sprouts on 14:32 - Dec 22 with 1630 views | MattinLondon |
| Sprouts on 14:31 - Dec 22 by footers |
Just leave them for your more refined guests in that case.
Let's not get started on the monstrosity that is the Christmas pud. Only one nutter in every family actually likes the bloody stuff. Terrible dessert. |
Christmas Pudding is great...with brandy butter it’s even better. | | | |
| Sprouts on 14:33 - Dec 22 with 1625 views | jeera |
| Sprouts on 14:29 - Dec 22 by MattinLondon |
Unbelievable.
Sprouts, along with real Christmas Trees, are awful.
Not sure if the above sentence needed two commas but that is irreverent in comparison to sprouts. |
We only all grew up hating them because our mothers had learned from their mothers who had this thing about cutting a cross in the bottom of the things before then dropping them into boiling water with enough salt to pay a Roman army.
Then either turned into mush or served almost raw depending on their own tradition.
You're too young to remember when pressure cookers hit the scene but most households were obsessed with them and everything went in and came out tasting of very little.
Not saying they're a bad invention, just it was quite a leap from the boiling pan to one of those things. | |
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