When we visited my stepdaughter in D.C., her husband, Federico, made a delicious salad. We had no idea what it was--it certainly wasn't any sort of lettuce. Were we surprised to discover that it was shaved brussel sprouts! My husband had two helpings and he "hates" brussel sprouts.
I went poking around online and found this recipe from Cooking Light that seemed to approximate the dish Federico served us.
Ingredients
1 lb. brussel sprouts
1/2 cup toasted walnuts (I used pecans which is what I had on hand)
3 tablespoons grated Romano cheese (I used Parmesan, which is what I had)
1 lemon
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
Wash your sprouts, remove outer leaves and cut off stems if using a food processor. Ideally, thinly slice the sprouts using a mandolin. I don't have one (I fear for my fingers using one!) so I used the shredding blade of my food processor. Shred or slice sprouts and add to bowl.
Grate lemon rind into a separate bowl. Add the juice from the lemon and whisk in olive oil.
Add walnuts (or pecans) to sprouts, add grated Romano or Parmesan, drizzle with dressing and toss to combine. I added some shavings of Parmesan to the top.
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I love Brussells sprouts, but I've never had them raw. This sounds like a tasty salad I'd have to try! Thanks for sharing, Peg!
ReplyDeleteAmanda, I love sprouts, too, but hubby acts like I'm torturing him if I make them! I'm glad he'd like this at least!
ReplyDeleteI've been looking to change up our salad routine -- this might be just the ticket!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds delicious. We've been eating a lot of bagged chopped salad knits, and many of them contain sprouts. Adding this recipe to this week's menus.
ReplyDeleteThis does sound like a good idea.
ReplyDeleteWe eat cabbage slaw, why not brussel sprout salad?
Using the food processor shredding blade, this turned out more slaw than salad but it was still good. I think I might invest in a mandolin--they're not that expensive.
DeleteI asked for one for Christmas. Sadly, it doesn't have plain, straight blades, only notched ones! How silly is that?
DeleteI never fix brussels sprouts since my husband wouldn't eat them unless they were drowned in cheese sauce. I think his tastes have matured over the years though so I think this salad will be a good one to try.
ReplyDeleteDo you serve this room temperature or do you refrigerate it before serving?
ReplyDeleteI served it at room temp but I had some leftovers that had been in the fridge and it was good although the flavors were a little more muted when cold.
DeleteI love brussell sprouts. Never thought to shred them for a salad.
ReplyDeleteLove brussell sprouts in a salad, yum.Looks good
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