Flower Sprout Recipe – Flower Sprout with Chorizo, Pine Nut Pasta
Have you heard of Flower Sprouts? – I hadn’t so if you have you are ahead of me but we’ve been trying them out – first as a replacement for my favourite vegetable Brussel Sprouts (yes I’m an odd one) and then in a simply delicious quick and easy mid-week meal. Flower Sprouts are a cross between a Brussel Sprout and Kale – they look fluffier than Brussel Sprouts but are also sweeter and apart from the very end much less bitter than Brussel Sprouts can be. Go further down the post to find our amazing Flower Sprout Recipe.
Flower Sprouts Steamed
For our Sunday Roast we normally steam the vegetables in our 3 tier stainless steel steamer preferring the vegetables steamed over boiled or roasted. Brussel sprouts are one of our family favourites so this week we replaced the brussel sprout with flower sprouts and steamed them up.
Unlike Brussel Sprouts which I tend to steam for around 8 minutes flower sprouts need much less time around 3 to 3 and a half minutes. We we put them in a tier on their own and added for the last 3 and a half minutes of cooking times.
Once served the kids loved them – T left the bottoms which have a more bitter taste and J ate all of them asking to have them again instead of Brussel Sprouts because he liked how sweet they were.
Flower Sprout Recipe – Flower Sprouts, Chorizo, Pine Nut Pasta Dish
Ingredients
8 Large Flower Sprouts
1/4 Cup of Pine Nuts
4 Slices of Chorizo
Spaghetti
Parmesan Cheese to Serve.
How to
Start off your Spaghetti in some lightly salted water – check the timings and set the timer for 3 minutes before the end of cooking.
In a frying pan add in the pine nuts and over a high heat lightly toast them.
Tear up the Chorizo and add to the pine nuts and toast for around 1 minute until the Chroizo is slightly crispy.
Chop off the bottom of the flower sprouts and separate out the leaves
Compost the bottoms and any leaves that have started to fade
3 minutes before the Spaghetti is done throw the flower sprout leaves into the dish and boil for 3 minutes
Drain the spaghetti and pour into a bowl
Add the pine nuts and chorizo
Mix well
Serve – sprinkle with Parmesan for a simple quick and easy mid-week meal.
These quantities serve 1 person please increase for a family.
Flower Sprout, Chorizo, Pine Nut Pasta - Quick and Easy Mid-Week Meal
Ingredients
- 8 Large Flower Sprouts
- ¼ Cup of Pine Nuts
- 4 Slices of Chorizo
- Spaghetti
- Parmesan Cheese to Serve.
Instructions
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- Chop off the bottom of the flower sprouts and separate out the leaves
- Compost the bottoms and any leaves that have started to fade
- minutes before the Spaghetti is done throw the flower sprout leaves into the dish and boil for 3 minutes
- Drain the spaghetti and pour into a bowl
- Add the pine nuts and chorizo
- Mix well
- Serve - sprinkle with Parmesan for a simple quick and easy mid-week meal.
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Flower Sprouts
Cerys Parker
Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, teacher, mum, and home educator from the UK. She loves getting creative, whether it is with simple and easy crafts and ideas, activities to make learning fun, or delicious recipes that you and your kids can cook together you'll find them all shared here on Rainy Day Mum.