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Brussels Sprouts

A boiled vegetable dish of Brussels sprouts seasoned with salt and served with butter sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Pick off all the dead leaves from the Brussels sprouts.

  2. Soak the sprouts in cold water for 20 to 30 minutes.

Cook and serve

  1. Bring 4 gallons of water to a boil and add salt.

  2. Add the sprouts to the boiling water and cook until tender.

  3. Drain the sprouts and serve with drawn butter sauce.

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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What each ingredient does

Brussels sprouts
Are the main vegetable, so they supply the body, flavor and texture of the dish.

The step that matters

Cook until tender. Brussels sprouts go from tender to mushy within minutes of boiling. Checking them often and draining as soon as they are tender keeps their texture firm and their flavor fresh.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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