Brussels Sprouts with Bacon
Serves 4 as a side dish
Ingredients
- 1kg Brussels sprouts
- 1 tbsp butter
- 4 rashers streaky bacon, finely diced
- 2 shallots or 1 small red onion, finely diced
- salt and ground black pepper, to taste
- juice of ½ a lemon
- 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley leaves
Method
- Put a large pan of water on to boil for the brussels.
- Trim and halve brussels sprouts, drop into a pot of boiling water and cook for 3 minutes.
- Drain, cool under cold water and drain again.
- Heat butter in a large frypan and cook bacon over medium heat until fat starts to run (about 5 minutes). Add shallots or onion and cook for about 4 minutes.
- Add brussels sprouts and stir-fry over high heat until tender and starting to caramelise (about 5 minutes).
- Season with salt and pepper, drizzle with lemon juice, sprinkle with parsley and serve hot.
- VARIATIONS: Try using broccoli if you can’t get brussels sprouts.
