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Brussels Sprouts with Pearl Onions Recipe
by Julia Ann Souders

Brussels Sprouts with Pearl Onions

A vegetable dish made flavorful and healthy with a sprinkling of sesame seeds over steamed Brussels sprouts and pearl onions. There are a winter holiday favorite.


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Rating: 4/5
Avg. 4/5 1 vote
Prep time: United States American
Cook time: Servings: 4

Goes Well With: poultry, beef, lamb

Ingredients

  • 1 pound fresh Brussels sprouts
  • 1 cup fresh pearl onions
  • 2 teaspoons unsalted butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, toasted

Directions

  1. Toast sesame seeds by stirring in a hot skillet until lightly brown. Watch carefully to keep from burning. Set aside.
  2. Trim outer leaves and cut bottoms of Brussels sprouts, cut in half and wash.
  3. Steam sprouts in vegetable steamer or parboil in boiling water for 5 -7 minutes; drain.
  4. Bring a sauce pan of water to boil, drop in the whole unpeeled pearl onions. Boil 3 minutes.
  5. Drain onion.
  6. Cut the end off the onions and squeeze the onion out of the outer skins.
  7. Melt the butter in skillet, add Brussels sprouts and pearl onions, heat briefly to keep at serving temperature.
  8. Add toasted sesame seeds prior to serving.