How to prepare Brussels sprouts

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 500 g, you will need:

• 1 600 g Brussels sprouts
• Total weight: 600 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	7 min.	42 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Each sprout needs to be prepared individually.
2	Start by cutting off the base...
3	...to clear away the stalk.
4	Then "peel" the sprout by removing the outer leaves...
5	...until it looks neat and clean.
6	If you intend eating the sprouts raw, now they are peeled they are ready to be sliced or shredded (for Brussels sprout salad for example).
7	If you are going to cook them, they are generally too big to cook well whole. It is better to cut them in half lengthways...
8	...or even into four.
9	Now the sprout is ready for cooking.
10	Prepare all the sprouts like this.
11	You can follow the cooking instructions in your recipe, but two-stage cooking is one of the best methods. First, boil in salted water until barely tender.
12	Then finish rapidly with a little butter and chopped shallot.

Remarks

It is important that cooking should be no longer than absolutely necessary to preserve the attractive green colour.

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