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And don't let them boil dry.
Parp
Soak them in paraffin first.
Put them in the oven
gerti - Member
Put them in the oven
This.
Half them, in oven, 10 mins, turn, 10 mins, buffalo sauce, few more mins, nom.
Definitely roast them, with shallots, drizzle of olive oil and salt n pepper. Yummy! 8)
Fry them with a bit of olive oil for ~5mins, lush!
Absolutely disgusting
Tesco was sold out mum, sorry
They are harvesting the posh purple sprouts in one of the fields down our lane - right bloody mess the tractors are making of the roads just cos you lot want posh sprouts.
Dice and fry them in pan with some good fatty bacon and plenty of black pepper mmmmmmmm
steam them, don't boil!
Lady Gresley - Member
They are harvesting the posh purple sprouts in one of the fields down our lane - right bloody mess the tractors are making of the roads just cos you lot want posh sprouts.
Bloody middle class ****s
Definitely roast them, with shallots, drizzle of olive oil and salt n pepper. Yummy!
With Jerusalem Artichokes and snips. Your guts will enter the new year in fine fettle!
Problem with sprouts is what the British do to them. Stop boiling them to a horrid tasting mush for hours. Proper roast them and they're actually really nice. Even steamed is way more preferable to boiling.
Boil - yuck. Fry blackened with bacon, obvs.
I love sprouts always have. I won't be faffing about with mine
Always remember to put a cross...
...through them on your shopping list.
Leaves more space for kilted sausages...
Prep them (ie base off and then peal a layer or two off, no need for crosses!).
Steam for about 5 mins.
Then allow to cool.
When cool cut them in half.
I then fry some bacon (or pancetta if feeling posh) and throw the cold sprouts in once the bacon is crispy.
a few mins to warm through and get a little brown on the edges and voila... best sprouts ever and minimum fuss
I got a bagful for 25p yesterday. Started boiling them last night ready for Monday!
par-boil or steam, drain then fry with bacon and crushed walnuts. Yum. 🙂
Vicky you’ve missed the boiling window, my mother starts them mid November
Everything is disgusting about them. The look, smell, taste and aftermath.
My FiL had a meal in a local pub (whose chef happens to be a veteran of Michelin star restaurants) and he complained that the perfectly cooked sprouts were "too hard" 🙄
I think some people just expect them to be boiled until they are green soggy jelly.
I love sprouts, me. OH puts them in veg curries and they're lush. Parp indeed.
Parp indeed. You know one theory is that we’re genetically predisposed to sniffing our own farts as it’s the only way we know what’s going on with our insides #sproutsrule
Nothing wrong with boiling them. Just don't boil them for too long. Catch them when they're still firm, but not hard and they taste great.
No!! I've maintained for years that things have gone the wrong way with sprouts.
You boil them till they're soft cos that's when the sugars start to come out that make them sweet and yummy.
The reason lots of people don't like em is because they're too hard and therefore not sweet.
Trust me, try them soft and then al dente. Massive taste difference.
I get that some people won't like them either way, but plain soft sprouts properly cooked don't need any embellishments.
They taste best steamed, just to the point of softness, no more. After that they turn to horrible mush in short order.. i reckon people dislike them as they are usually boiled beyond and inch of their life.
Plenty black pepper and bit of salted butter, could eat a bucket of the wee buggers!.
just peeled 3lbs of the gorgeous green jewels.
Parboil tomorrow then into a sink of cold water (iced if you can risk not having enough for your G&Ts)
Then on the day either chuck back in boiling water for a couple of mins to reheat or poptyping them - but only just before serving, if they stand too long they go bitter.
Back into a pan, lots of butter, black pepper, lid on and shake hard so they start to come apart a bit. Lush!
and yet they are nice raw, shredded in a salad...You boil them till they're soft cos that's when the sugars start to come out that make them sweet and yummy.
The reason lots of people don't like em is because they're too hard and therefore not sweet.
Trust me, try them soft and then al dente. Massive taste difference.
Agreed. The latter doesn't smell of death.
If you are ever in Alpharetta, Georgia, go to Milton's and order the Kentuckyaki Sprouts. A mind meltingly tasty experience.
As a bonus, the utterly marvellous people at https://whitetailcycles.com are just across the road.
See, your'e all too picky about sprouts. Anything but raw & I'll eat them.
Do them like this & do them like that...piss off, just cook them one way or another & eat the bloody things FFS!