This is the one strategy to eat Brussels sprouts: crispy on the surface and good and comfortable on the within with additional crunch from the sesame seed addition,” says vegan meals author Bettina Campolucci Bordi.
“I’m not an enormous sprout lover, however I’m a large fan of those, particularly dollop with a little bit of mayo. You should make them!”
Vegan smashed Brussels sprouts and garlic mayonnaise
Makes: 1 tray
Elements:
300–400g (10½–14 oz) Brussels sprouts
Olive oil, for cooking
Sprinkle of white sesame seeds
Salt and pepper, to style
For the garlic mayonnaise:
100g (3½ oz/½ cup) plant mayonnaise
1 garlic clove, grated
Juice of ½ a lemon
Salt and pepper, to style
Technique:
1. Preheat the oven to 220C (43F/430/gasoline 8).
2. Peel the outer layer of the sprouts and provides them an excellent wash. Deliver a big saucepan of salted water to the boil, add the sprouts and parboil for 10 minutes till semi-soft. Cautious the sprouts don’t flip a uninteresting inexperienced which suggests they’ve been overcooked. Drain nicely.
Rejoice: Plant-Primarily based Recipes for Each Event by Bettina Campolucci Bordi (Louise Hagger/PA)
3. Line a big baking tray (pan) with baking parchment, then unfold the Brussels sprouts over the parchment. Make sure that the sprouts have sufficient house in between and flatten them with the palm of your hand or the underside of a ingesting glass till they’re as flat as potential. You may discover that some water comes out of the sprouts while you flatten them, so take in any extra water with paper towel.
4. Drizzle the sprouts with olive oil and a beneficiant sprinkling of salt and sesame seeds, then pop within the oven for 10-Quarter-hour till brown.
5. Take away the tray from the oven, flip the sprouts, sprinkle with extra sesame seeds and pop again within the oven for an extra 10 minutes. You need the sprouts to be golden and crispy!
6. Whereas the sprouts are cooking, combine all of the substances for the mayonnaise collectively in a bowl and put aside.
7. As soon as the sprouts are golden, take away from the oven and eat instantly whereas they’re tremendous crispy, dipping them within the garlic mayo.
‘Rejoice: Plant-Primarily based Recipes For Each Event’ by Bettina Campolucci Bordi (printed by Hardie Grant, £20; images by Louise Hagger), out there now.
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