Brussel Sprouts with Hazelnuts, Lemon and Butter

Tender leaves of Brussel sprouts with hazelnuts, lemon and butter. Like most of the recipes here, simple, delicious and good looking.

Brussel sprouts are a great vegetable as long as you won’t do what your Grandmother did and boil the crap out of them for an hour or so. I got my hands on some purple brussel sprouts for this recipe, they have the same color as the normal ones but look so much better, especially if they are the main attraction for a dish. If you can’t find them then just use the normal green ones.

Brussel sprouts with hazelnuts, lemon & butter

Serves 4 as an appetizer

20 brussel sprouts
2 lemons
2 tbsp butter
2 handfuls hazelnuts
salt, pepper
olive oil

Remove the skin from the hazelnuts if you haven’t bought peeled ones, all you need to do is boil them for a few seconds and then you can easily remove the skin which will crumble and go soft from the boiling. Then roast them with a little bit of salt and olive oil until golden.

Cut away leafs from the brussel sprouts until you have about a handful for each serving. Rinse in cold water. Cut lemons in half and fry in butter on medium temperature until golden, this will not only look good but also flavor the butter and give the lemon a little bit of sweeter taste. Serve one half lemon for each portion. Add a little bit of extra butter and turn up the heat after you removed the lemons. Add the brussel sprouts to the butter and fry for a few seconds. You want them to be warm but almost completely raw. This gives them a great texture and remove the raw cabbage taste.

Serve immediately with the lemon and hazelnuts, add the butter that is left in the pan on top of the brussel leafs. Good luck.