Brussels Sprouts Navidad

• Serves: four
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 20 to 40 medium-sized Brussels sprouts (5 to 10 per person)
• a glub of olive oil
• two cloves thinly sliced garlic
• one red (or orange or yellow) finely diced sweet bell pepper
• slivered almonds or sunflower seeds
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Wash the Brussels sprouts, remove outer leaves, and cut the stem. Steam them for about five minutes until dark green, but still very firm. Set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a pan. Gently roast the garlic slices until just browned. Remove the garlic and set aside. Keep the oil in a pan as you will be using it again shortly.

Cut the Brussels sprouts in half and pat dry.

Place the Brussels sprout halves cut side down in the pan. Do not crowd. You may have to do this step in batches. Gently sear the Brussels sprouts until golden brown.

Add the diced pepper and continue to cook both the pepper and Brussels sprouts until the pepper softens.

Sprinkle in slivered almonds or sunflower seeds. Toss everything until the nuts or seeds start to brown.

Lower the heat and add in the garlic. Do one more toss to make sure everything is nice and hot.

Remove from heat and add salt and pepper to taste.