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Brussels Sprouts, Plain Boiled

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Brussels Sprouts, Plain Boiled

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Select Brussels sprouts of uniform size and remove the outside leaves.

  2. Wash the sprouts thoroughly in cold water.

  3. Cook in boiling water with a pinch of baking soda and coarse sea salt until tender.

  4. Remove from heat, pour off the hot water, and immerse in cold water.

  5. Drain and press dry with a clean towel before using.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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