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Brussels sprouts with bacon and nuts

As a child, I found it horrible when my mother cooked Brussels sprouts, and I still have that impertinent smell in my nose... no, Brussels sprouts weren't mine at all!

After coming across a lot of Brussels sprout recipes everywhere lately, I decided to try my own with this Icelandic version of fried and then baked Brussels sprouts with bacon and nuts.

And I have to say, not only was it edible, it was actually tasty!


Ingredients

500 g Brussels sprouts
100 g breakfast bacon
1 Tbsp butter
1 tsp coarse sea salt
1 pinch of fresh pepper
1 handful of chopped walnuts
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
fresh thyme


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Cut off the ends of the florets and carefully remove the outer leaves. Then cut the florets in half.

Cut the bacon into bite-sized pieces.

Melt the butter in a large pan, fry the bacon and then fry the halved florets for several minutes.

Season with salt and pepper.

Then place the Brussels sprouts and bacon in an ovenproof baking dish and bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes.

Then take the vegetables out of the oven, spread the chopped walnuts and balsamic vinegar over them and mix everything well, then garnish with the fresh thyme and serve as a side dish with meat dishes.

[Translated from here.]