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Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad

November 23, 2017 By msmart Leave a Comment

Ok friends. I swore to my kids I wouldn’t try to create a healthy Thanksgiving menu, but I do think it’s good to balance virtue and vice. When you have a table filled with probably twenty pounds of butter-and carb-filled side dishes, it’s important to have something green. Yesterday in the Houston Chronicle, I had a recipe for collard green and Brussels sprout salad. You can find it online — it’s a great side to pork chops or turkey.

This colorful slaw is a similar alternative that I threw together recently to serve with roast chicken. Just trim the ends off Brussels Sprouts and pulse them in a food processor to chop them up. (I would recommend you shave them on a mandolin, but I don’t want my sweet readers missing any fingertips!) You could also opt for this comforting pumpkin, apple and honey nut squash soup; make it early in the day and let it sit on the stove while the flavors meld together.

Toss the shaved Brussels with a super simple apple cider vinaigrette, and any leftovers will be good the next day (even after tossed with their dressing). Add a variety of fill-ins: candied pecans, crispy pancetta, croutons, feta or chopped apples. But even as a simple shredded Brussels sprout salad, it’s the foil for all that buttery carb goodness that you should certainly take down on Thanksgiving.

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Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad

This colorful salad is similar to a tangy slaw. Add chopped pecans or hazelnuts, chopped apples or pears and colorful pomegranate seeds.
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Author: Marcia W. Smart

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Brussels sprouts trimmed and pulsed well in a food processor
  • 4 ounces Pecorino cheese grated on a microplaner
  • 1 large honey crisp or other tart-sweet apple chopped into ½-inch dice, about 1 ½ cups
  • ½ cup pecan pieces toasted
  • 1 cup pomegranate seeds

For the apple cider vinaigrette:

  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons minced shallot
  • Sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste (I use about
  • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

  • Combine the chopped Brussels sprouts, pecorino, apple, pecans and pomegranates.

To make the dressing:

  • In a glass jar with a tight fitting lid, combine all the ingredients. Seal tightly and shake to emulsify. Alternately, in a medium size bowl add the first four ingredients. Whisk in the olive oil to emulsify.
  • Toss the salad with vinaigrette to taste, about 3/4 cup dressing. The remaining vinaigrette can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week.

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dairy-Free, Entertaining, Fall, Gluten-free/Gluten-free adaptable, Holidays, Salads, Thanksgiving, Winter Tagged With: appetizer, Brussels sprout salad, salad, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving starter

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