brussel sprouts with bacon

On Superbowl Sunday, I was craving brussel sprouts.  I know, that's kind of a strange thing to crave as it's not really football game fare.  When I ran to the store to pick up the food for the game, I bought some nice brussel sprouts and a package of bacon.  I had read a recipe for brussel sprouts, bacon and juniper berries a few days earlier.  Now, I'm showing my culinary ignorance when I tell you that I don't know what a juniper berry is, nor do I know where to locate one in a grocery store. So, I eliminated them from the recipe. Juniper berries sound like something I might have picked off a bush as a child and my mother would have warned me countlessly not to ingest. 

While the rest of the family was munching on chips and salsa, refried bean dip and other treats, I cooked and ate my bowl of brussel sprouts.  I have to tell you, they were delicious! (I also had some bean dip.) :)

The recipe can be found in Tender: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch by Nigel Slater. 

Comments

[Sue]

Yum! I love brussel sprouts. (And, I love that in Japanese they're called "mini-cabbage" because that sure is what they look like!) I don't find them often over here, but I snatch them up whenever I do. I love to make them just like glazed carrots with some walnuts thrown in. I'll have to try your recipe next time I get my hands on some!

[Kim]

I have some in the house just for Allen and I. Kids won't touch them. I wonder if Canadian bacon would work?

[Nicole]

Wow that does sound delicious. Brussel sprouts and bacon are two of my favorite things!