Jazz up your sprouts!

They don’t want, or need, to be soggy, tasteless or grey… liven up your Christmas dinner with this zingy recipe from the team at YesPeas!

Peas And Brussels Sprouts With Hazelnut And Orange Glaze

Ingredients

200g prepared Brussels sprouts

400g frozen peas

50g butter

50g hazelnuts, roughly chopped

Zest and juice of one orange

1tsp sugar

Sea salt and black pepper

Method

Cook the Brussels sprouts in boiling, salted water for five minutes or until nearly tender, add the peas, bring to the boil and simmer for a further two minutes. Drain and place into a warm serving dish. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small heavy-based frying pan. When the butter is foaming, add the chopped nuts and fry for one minute until slightly golden. Add the orange juice and the sugar and boil for a further minute. Add the grated orange zest. Season with a little black pepper and pour the sauce over the vegetables, making sure that they are well covered.

Serves 6

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Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.

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