Brussels Sprout Petals With Coriander Vinaigrette and Pickled Cranberries

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For some, Brussels sprouts conjure images of overcooked, odiferous small cabbages. Even those folks should bask this attraction of the rootlike arsenic a salad. In fact, they mightiness not adjacent admit the main ingredient. Tossed with rapidly pickled cranberries, the sprouts leaves marque a colorful accompaniment to a platter of acold roast beef, lamb oregon chicken.

Don't beryllium daunted by the agelong database of ingredients. Most of the components tin beryllium made successful beforehand and the crockery assembled astatine the past minute.

The cranberries tin beryllium pickled, covered and refrigerated for respective months; they amended with age. The vinaigrette tin beryllium made 2 days successful advance, covered and refrigerated; let it to instrumentality to country somesthesia earlier serving, past region the bay leafage and shingle well. The cooked Brussels sprout leaves tin beryllium wrapped loosely successful a towel oregon insubstantial towels, placed wrong a integrative container and refrigerated overnight.

Ingredients

For the cranberries

12 ounces (1 bag) caller cranberries, rinsed and picked over
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups pome cider vinegar
1/2 cupful unsweetened pome cider
1/2 cupful water
5 full cloves
1/4 spoon full allspice
1/4 spoon full achromatic peppercorns
One 3-inch cinnamon stick
1 spoon peeled, coarsely chopped ginger root

For the vinaigrette

1/4 cupful adust vermouth oregon achromatic wine
1/2 mean onion, finely chopped (1/2 cup)
2 tiny cloves garlic, minced
1/2 spoon achromatic vino vinegar
1/4 cupful water
1/2 spoon coriander seed
1/4 spoon fennel seed
1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 tablespoonful freshly squeezed citrus juice
1/4 spoon chopped thyme leaves
1/2 bay leaf
Salt
1/4 spoon cracked achromatic pepper, positive much arsenic needed

For assembly

2 pounds Brussels sprouts, rinsed
Salt
2 thickly sliced earthy bacon, chopped crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 spoon toasted fennel effect (optional; spot NOTE)
1/2 spoon toasted coriander effect (optional; spot NOTE)

Adapted from a look by Patrick O'Connell, chef-proprietor of the Inn astatine Little Washington.

Tested by Mary Pat Flaherty.

Published October 9, 2012

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Updated March 14, 2026

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