Recipe Courtesy of Chef Isaac Toups, Toups’ Meatery, New Orleans
(Photograph courtesy of Denny Culbert)
The candy and bitter sauce goes effectively not solely with Brussels sprouts however different greens: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, butternut squash, inexperienced beans—something you possibly can roast in a pan. It’s a sauce that fires on each cylinder in your mouth: It’s candy and bitter, but in addition spicy, salty, gingery, and savory. I’ve even performed with it as a seasoning for beef tartare.
(Serves 4)
Substances
1 pound Brussels sprouts (if small, depart complete; if massive, halve or quarter them into 1-inch chunks)
1 tablespoon additional virgin olive oil
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon floor black pepper
Candy & Bitter Sauce (recipe under)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Toss the Brussels sprouts, oil, salt, and pepper in a mixing bowl to season. Organize in a baking sheet massive sufficient for the sprouts to slot in a single layer. Roast for 20 minutes, till properly charred. Let cool on baking sheet for two minutes. Switch sprouts to a mixing bowl, drizzle with 2 tablespoons sauce and toss till Brussels sprouts are effectively coated.
Candy & Bitter Sauce
Makes 1 cup
½ cup soy sauce
½ cup aged sherry vinegar
½ cup cane syrup (or darkish molasses)
½ teaspoon crushed purple pepper flakes
10 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup (2 ounces) minced recent ginger
Instructions
- Warmth all of the substances in a small saucepan over medium warmth till simmering. Cut back the warmth to low and preserve a simmer for 55 minutes, swirling the pan each 5 minutes, till the liquid reduces to about 1 cup.
- Because it reduces, there might be sugar on the rim that may begin to char, so swirling will take that sugar again into the liquid. This may burn should you take a look at it incorrect due to all of the sugar, so the swirling is necessary.
- The shelf lifetime of this sauce is longer than human civilization. It’s obtained a lot salt and vinegar in it, you might drop a uncooked fish in and it might be tremendous. It’s principally a preservative at this level. What I’m saying: You may make big batches and it’ll hold for a very long time. So do it.