Brussels Sprouts
Ingredients
Directions
Trim and wash the Brussels sprouts well.
Plunge them into boiling water and add salt.
Boil uncovered until tender, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Drain well, but do not press them.
Serve in a tureen with a strainer.
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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