Brussels sprouts festive harvest and cook in two ways

Brussels sprouts have an undeserved reputation for being bitter, and these are not! If you have not before, tried them roasted, I urge you to have a go and 15 minutes at 200°C/about 400°F is good.

When you grow them in healthy soil and harvest them fresh after a frost, there's already a good deal of sweetness and flavour there. Then we show you two ways to prepare them, roasting and sauteing. Both of them bring out the sweetness further.

Enhance the flavours even more by adding chestnuts, onion, apple, and some bacon. These dishes are substantial, and could even serve as a main course. Brussels sprouts are incredibly dense, and the amount I prepared here would serve 5 to 6 people, for each of these dishes.

These are Brigitte F1, sown 4th May and transplanted 10th June between carrots. Climate is zone 8, with the regular rainfall they love.

Filmed and edited 4th December 2023 by Nicola L. Smith, at Homeacres no dig garden in Somerset, SW UK.

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[LauraAronson]

I just harvested my first brussels sprouts ever and I was just as excited as you seem to be! Fun video and they look great!

[yvonnejackson]

I love it when you do shorts on preparing the wonderful veggies you grow. My cooking can always use some help.

[MoJoy]

Beautiful and Delicious 😋 ❤
I love the sound of when you’re picking off the Brussels!

[jaimefl]

Nothing better than homegrown and homemade right ✅️

[fjalar]

As a vegan who only eat whole food plant based diet the brussel sprouts with chestnut and garlic sounds amazing. Thank you, will definitely try it soon.

[pamelaatkinsonscats]

Those recipes sound tasty. I love roasted Brussels sprouts.

[gillpearson]

Brussels sprouts make fantastic sauerkraut with a dash of fennel seeds

[PintuMahakul]

👍 An excellent and amazing work. We greatly value it. Thank you.

[minineji]

going to try growing brussel sprouts for the first time this year! if it turns out well i will be trying this recipe

lovely, looking to grow them this year❤️

[lorenazamor]

Yummy Yummy I love them😊 but I love better his hands like Magic 🎩 he sound like British

[HillJackal]

Amazing video. Love your enthusiasm. You should do more of these Garden to kitchen table videos!

[scoobydoo]

Looks delicious. I’ll have to try it next year though as my Brussels sprouts got killed with our frosts.

[daliacastello]

Love this video you even show us recipes to prepare our Vegies

[shirleyk]

Absolutely beautiful stalks of brussel sprouts. They don't grow well in Florida. They look delicious 😃😃😃😃😃

[susannedeubzer]

Wish I could harvest anything 😢
Here in Bavaria it snowed half a meter last weekend - no telling when I can even reach any of my brassicas again

[chefkevinward]

You'll have your own cookery channel next Charles, and why not.

[kpremo]

Brussels sprouts and bacon is my favorite

[alex--.--]

Wow, your brussels sprouts are so tall! Mine are about 30cm tall and their sprouts are small and already open. I'm definitely doing something wrong...

[samsinterests]

Great short video, I know you’re a vegetarian but did you try the bacon and sprouts dish out of interest?