Christmas dinner is not a meal with out Brussel sprouts but Brussel sprouts are like marmite you either love them or hate them, Personally I'm not a fan. Everyone has their own special way of cooking them, with bacon or cranberries and endless other combinations.
Here's a new take on the Christmas favourite, combing our black garlic with burnt butter to make a flavour combination that will impress this Christmas.
Ingredients
- 450g/1lb Brussels sprouts, trimmed and cut in half lengthways
- 1 tbsp olive oil pinch caraway seeds
- 12 black garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- 30g/1oz unsalted butter
- 30g/1oz pumpkin seeds, toasted
- 1½ tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp tahini
- salt
Method
- Preheat the oven to 240C/220C Fan/Gas 9. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Mix the sprouts with the oil and pinch of salt in a large bowl. Spread out on the baking tray and roast for 10 minutes, or until the sprouts are golden brown but still crunchy.
- Meanwhile, lightly crush the caraway seeds with a pestle and mortar. Add the black garlic and thyme and crush to form a rough paste.
- Heat the butter in a large sauté pan over a medium–high heat. Cook for 3 minutes, until melted and dark brown. Add the crushed garlic paste, sprouts, pumpkin seeds and a pinch of salt. Stir for 30 seconds and then take off the heat. Stir in the lemon juice and transfer to a serving bowl or individual plates. Drizzle over the tahini and serve immediately.