Creamy Brussel Sprouts with Bacon

Name: Creamy Brussel Sprouts with Bacon
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 oz bacon cut into strips; 2 Tbls butter; 2 lb brussel sprouts trimed. (wash, cut off bottoms and quarter; to taste salt and pepper; 5 cloves garlic minced; 1 1/2 cups heavy cream; 1/3 cup grarted mozzarella; 1/4 cup parmesan; 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch (optional to thicken sauce)

dflynch @dflynch

This delicious. If someone says they don't like brussel sprouts, they haven't tried this.

dflynch @dflynch

This delicious. If someone says they don't like brussel sprouts, they haven't tried this.

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Ingredients

10 servings

10 ozbacon cut into strips
2 Tblsbutter
2 lbbrussel sprouts trimed. (wash, cut off bottoms and quarter
to tastesalt and pepper
5 clovesgarlic minced
1 1/2 cupsheavy cream
1/3 cupgrarted mozzarella
1/4 cupparmesan
1 1/2 tspcornstarch (optional to thicken sauce)

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Steps

1

Works best on a cast iron skillet or pan that can go from stovetop to oven
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Preheat oven to 375°
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Cook bacon, remove from pan. Drain most of the bacon grease except 1 or 2 Tbls.
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Add butter to pan and melt
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Add brussel sprouts, salt and pepper. Stir together for about 6 minutes.
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Add garlic. Stir together for about a minute
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Reduce heat and pour in cream. Simmer for 3-4 minutes
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If the cream is too thin, use corn starn to make a slurry and add to the pan
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Add bacon and stir together
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Add mozzarella and parmesan
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Remove from the stovetop and place in the oven for 15 minutes
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To brown the top, switch to broil for 2 minutes
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You can garnish with additional parmesan or parsley or thyme or rosemary.