Bacon-Wrapped Brussels Sprouts with Creamy Lemon Dip
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Serves: 6
Most bacon-wrapped Brussels sprouts recipes call for holding everything together with toothpicks, but we skip that step. Setting the bacon seam-side down on the baking sheet makes it seal in the hot oven. The maple syrup glaze helps to make each bite sweet and caramelized.
Ingredients
- 18 medium Brussels sprouts (about 1½ pounds)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- One 12-ounce package center-cut bacon (about 18 strips)
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup, plus ½ cup more for serving
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- Zest of ½ lemon, plus 2 teaspoons juice
- Crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Trim the stem ends from the Brussels sprouts, and halve lengthwise. Put them in a medium bowl, and toss with 1 teaspoon salt.
- Lay the bacon strips next to each other on a work surface. Brush liberally with about ½ the maple syrup, then halve crosswise. Wrap each Brussels sprout half with 1 strip of bacon, syrup-side out, so the seam is on the flat side. Place the sprouts seam-side down on a rimmed baking sheet, leaving a bit of space between them. Brush them with a bit more syrup, and grind a little black pepper on top. Roast, rotating the baking sheet halfway through, until the bacon is crisp and the sprouts are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix the mayonnaise, most of the lemon zest and all the lemon juice in a small serving dish. Sprinkle the remaining lemon zest on top. Put about ½ cup maple syrup in a second small serving dish, and stir in as much black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes as you like.
- Transfer the sprouts to a platter, and serve with the lemon mayonnaise and peppered maple syrup, for dipping.
Bacon-Wrapped Brussels Sprouts with Creamy Lemon Dip
Bacon-Wrapped Brussels Sprouts with Creamy Lemon Dip will turn all Brussels-haters into Brussels-lovers.
Julkaissut Food Network Perjantaina 3. marraskuuta 2017
