Love them or loathe them, Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without Brussels sprouts. They were originally cultivated in Belgium (hence the name) from cabbages and arrived in England in the early 19th century. If you intend to grow your own sprouts to accompany your festive feasts, find a variety that will crop in December. To get good compact sprouts plant in firm soil and make sure you feed them well. You can start picking sprouts when they are about the size of a walnut and to save time at Christmas you can harvest about a week before if left on the stalk.
Sprouts have been the butt of many a joke, but cooked well should be firm and have a wholesome nutty taste. That smell we all remember from our school days is the sulphur that’s released from over cooked sprouts.
If you aren’t too keen on straight Brussels sprouts why not try a new recipe idea, such as adding bacon and almonds as suggested by Guy Watson at Riverford Organic Vegetables. Riverford run an excellent organic box scheme with regular newsletters, as recommended by my mum!
Also take a look at the tasty array of sprout recipes at All Recipes.
Sprouts have been the butt of many a joke, but cooked well should be firm and have a wholesome nutty taste. That smell we all remember from our school days is the sulphur that’s released from over cooked sprouts.
If you aren’t too keen on straight Brussels sprouts why not try a new recipe idea, such as adding bacon and almonds as suggested by Guy Watson at Riverford Organic Vegetables. Riverford run an excellent organic box scheme with regular newsletters, as recommended by my mum!
Also take a look at the tasty array of sprout recipes at All Recipes.
4 comments:
I wondered if anyone knows why as a child you seem to hate anything green - that is not just me is it?? Then as you enter wonderful middle age you love them - I even love cabbage now which I hated before. Do taste buds change or is it because we choose what food we eat, when we were younger your parents did...therefore you can choose each night what you want?
I think I must buck the trend as I have always loved sprouts - got to be the best thing on the Christmas dinner plate! Although I am always reminded of that brilliant episode of Bottom when I think of sprouts!!!!!
Cook your sprouts as normal. Then get some garlic, olive oil and pine nuts in a frying pan. Add the sprouts for a few minutes and then add a massive spoonful of pesto.
This is how Dan, my personal chef, serves sprouts.
At first I was marveled to see such a blog.Your blog is sparkling. It has a great appeal. How are U able to cope such a lot. Meet me at
http://gwb-chinese.blogspot.com/
Waiting with curiosity. To know your innovation.
And if you want to learn chinese,please visit at
http://www.chinesepal.cn
or
http://www.chinesepal.cn/first/learn-chinese/index.htm
Thanks again and looking forward for more of your posting soon!
Post a Comment