Brussel sprouts with apple and red onion
Sprouts as a Christmas veg are often overlooked
Boring sprouts? Make them more interesting with this tasty recipe!
Ingredients - Serves 6 Adults
- 350g / 12 oz. of brussel sprouts, cut in half
- 1 medium red onion, finely sliced
- 1 apple, cored and finely sliced
- Lemon juice from ½ a lemon
- 1 tablespoons of olive oil
- ½ vegetable stock cube
- 120ml / 4 fl oz. of boiling water
- 120ml / 4 fl oz. of dry white wine
Method
- Wash the sprouts thoroughly, making sure that there is no dirt under the leaves
- Place the Brussels sprouts in a steamer and steam until the sprouts are tender but still have some resistance when poked with a fork
- While the sprouts are cooking, heat the olive oil in a large frying pan
- Make the stock by dissolving the stock cube in boiling water
- Cook the onion in the oil until the onion becomes translucent and carmelized
- Pour the vegetable stock and wine over the red onions and allow the mix to reduce down to half its original volume, and then remove from the heat
- Put the sliced apples in to a bowl with some lemon juice so that it keeps is colour and doesn’t brown. You can add these in to the steamer for a minute or two or just add in to the mixture without warming through
- Put the sprouts in a serving bowl. Pour your reduced onion mixture and apples over the sprouts, and mix well
- Season with pepper, to taste
Serving Suggestions
Serve on the side of your Christmas dinner
Make sure to store any leftovers in your fridge!
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1/6 of the recipe contains
of an adult's reference intake
| Nutrition Information |
| Typical Values | Per 100g | Per Portion (122g) |
| Energy | 246Kj | 300Kj |
| 59Kcal | 72Kcal |
| Fat | 2.3g | 2.8g |
| (of which saturates) | 0.4g | 0.4g |
| Carbohydrate | 4.9g | 6g |
| (of which sugars) | 4g | 4.9g |
| Fibre | 2.5g | 3.1g |
| Protein | 2g | 2.5g |
| Salt | 0.2g | 0.3g |
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