I know! You’ve come for cake and I’m giving you salad! But before you run off, give it a go – You won’t get a tastier, heartier salad. This is my nod to healthy eating in January – Its definitely a diet free zone but at least features some veg.
Excellent for using up any leftover sprouts and shows that sprouts aren’t just for Christmas! (they’re for life!)
| Serves | 2-3 |
| Prep time | 3 minutes |
| Cook time | 10 minutes |
| Total time | 13 minutes |
| Meal type | Main Dish, Salad, Side Dish, Snack |
| Misc | Serve Hot |
INGREDIENTS
- 500g Small Sprouts
- 100g Whole Chestnuts
- 100g Pancetta (Cubed)
- 1 Pomegranate
- 1 Round of bread (Cut into cubes)
- 20g Butter
- 1 teaspoon Dried Parsley
DIRECTIONS
| 1. | |
| Boil the Sprouts for 6 minutes until just soft | |
| 2. | |
| Fry the cubed pancetta until the fat has mostly broken down and starts to crisp up on the edges | |
| 3. | |
| Remove the pancetta from the pan & fry the bread in the remaining fat, until crispy croutons | |
| 4. | |
| Microwave the chestnuts for 2 minutes | |
| 5. | |
| Drain the sprouts and leave in the pan. Add the butter to the pan and allow to melt. Add the parsley and stir through. | |
| 6. | |
| Add the sprouts and butter sauce to a serving dish | |
| 7. | |
| Chop any large chestnuts into 2 and add to the dish with the sprouts | |
| 8. | |
| Add the pancetta and the croutons and add the pomegranate seeds | |
| 9. | |
| Serve immediately | |
Oh thank you thank you! I feel honoured that you have chosen me. All the other entries are fab too. Have a great new year!
Hope you have a wonderful year to Alida – Look forward to seeing more of your fantastic creations during 2015! x
ooh love sprouts with pancetta
I’m enjoying sprouts with pretty much anything at the moment but pancetta certainly is a treat!
This is a delicious looking recipe! Sprouts are so under-rated, but I love them. I popped my recipe in the linky 🙂 #sharefriday x
Thanks so much for taking part – Lets form a ‘promote the sprout’ alliance! x
I love sprouts and I’m happy to eat them any which way, never tried them in a salad before but this sounds delicious!
I’m going to have to make double next time – those sprouts are popular little creatures!
oooh I love sprouts and this looks awesome! X
Thanks loads Karen – Tasted rather delish too! x
Not a fan of sprouts but I’m always willing to try them in variety of dishes 🙂 And this salad looks very appetizing!
Aah thanks for being so open minded, Sylvia – lets hope sprouts grow on you soon!
Wow, interesting recipe, can’t believe it takes only 13 minutes to make it. It’s definitely a must try!
I think it could possibly be one of my quickest recipes! Hope you enjoy it when you try x
Yum, we had nearly that on Christmas day but the addition of pomegranate and bread sounds great. Thank you!
Definitely added a little something extra x
That looks delicious!! I like sprouts anyway but jazzed up like that might even convince the hubby and kids to eat them!
Hope they enjoy it when they are presented with it – Mine loved it x
Totally drooling at this recipe right now – love all the flavours here:-) Don’t understand people who don’t love sprouts!
I do feel for the poor old sprout – so unloved yet so tasty x
This looks and sounds yummy 🙂
Thanks Sonia – Its a regular go to meal in our house x
Loving the addition of pomegranate, it adds a splash extra colour. It looks and sounds lovely.
And they add a welcome crunch too – Thanks for visiting x
I need to try this as we all love sprouts here
Ooh good – hope it goes down well x
Actually I came for salad so super happy with this. Lush.
Well as far as salads go this is one of my faves! x
I did a sprout bubble and squeak.
I love your recipe.
I will link mine up asap
Ooh cor that sounds amazing! Thanks for joining in x
oh yes, I love this! Love sprouts, love chestnuts & I would happily eat the whole bowl of that!
You’d have to fight us for it first – didn’t last long x
Now I was expecting cake but cake isn’t really my thing so this recipe makes me smile! Never tried chestnuts before so will have to give them a go! x x
That sounds like a marriage made in heaven! what a great recipe idea 🙂 #recipeoftheweek
Bizarrely, my kids love sprouts, but I get bored of steaming them, and bacon and reisling is only for Christmas! So this would go down very well in our house – yum!
This is a wonderful dish!!
I’d love to try it
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Oh my, how could I have missed this entry and know only now that my Reindeer Cupcakes have been honourably chosen! Thank you so much for the feature, Helen. Hope to keep up with #FoodieFriday as well as your other blog events. Thanks again! 🙂