If you're looking for a bit on the side this Christmas, and aren't we all, why not make this cheesy sprouts and bacon? I threw it together full of festive cheer and was left satisfied and smiling with the end result.
Ingredients
250g of shredded sprouts (you can buy these at Tesco, or buy your own and shred the buggers)
100g of bacon lardons (syn free if you buy them from Aldi according to SW, or you could just cut up some bacon - but the lardons are good because they add some fat)
one chopped onion
good pinch of pepper
60g of extra mature cheese (2 x HEA)
So: this is syn free or low syn, if you choose the right lardons!
Instructions
preheat the oven to 170 degrees
in a bowl, mix the bacon, onion, sprouts, pepper and half of the cheese together
tip into an overproof dish and pack down, then cover with the remainder of the cheese
mine takes about thirty minutes for the sprouts to soften, feel free to cook yours for longer if you like a bit of crunch
Notes
a mandoline slicer is great for shredding sprouts, but watch your fingers - buy one for about a tenner and you can use it for loads of stuff - buy one here