Parmesan Bacon Brussels Sprouts with Roasted Pears and Butternut Squash

I’1000 starting with the Thanksgiving sides early on this year! I accept toooo many ideas I desire to cram into the next few weeks. I’1000 definitely a traditional Thanksgiving nutrient individual, merely it’sec fun to throw in a couple extra “dissimilar” dishes to switch things upwardly. So I’ve had a huge craving for brussels sprouts latterly. I totally overdid it last yr as well as ate them weekly, sometimes multiple times a calendar week too I totally lost my sense of taste for them all this twelvemonth..until straightaway! I’k and so into them once more. And these are soooo skillful.

Bacon as well as brussels ever become so well together, simply when y'all char the brussels inwards the leftover bacon fatty, with a fiddling table salt, the flavor is seriously to conk for.

And alongside the addition of ROASTED pears together with butternut squeeze, it gives the well-nigh perfect sweetness against the savory bacon in addition to parm. And I added or so dried cranberries too!

Oh, in addition to I tin can’t forget the toasted walnuts. And extra layer of crush is ever necessary in my book. These are trashed upwardly inwards the best way possible. I about added pomegranate arils because I have a hard time non adding them to EVERYTHING this fourth dimension of yr, only I idea that miiiight be a piffling much. Ha.

Are you lot guys squad “traditional” for Thanksgiving, or do you like to switch it upwards amongst more than not-traditional dishes? And do y'all make Friendsgiving? I’ve never had 1 but I loveee the thought! Tell me!

As I said I’1000 definitely traditional, simply I’ll throw inward a dyad extra fun things. I definitely want regular old turkey together with gravy, regular buttery mashed potatoes, my grandma’second stuffing, greenish beans, cranberry sauce (the canned jellied stuff..don’t estimate), as well as corn. Give me all of those things, and I am a happy girl. But I’thousand thinking these brussels ask to be added this year!

The dish that got me back into brussels were these. They’re soooo proficient. And and so unproblematic. It’s merely sautéed brussels with roasted butternut mash, chorizo, as well as a cinnamon dear butter. They’re really inspired by a brussels dish at a niggling wine bar well-nigh me, as well as I had to re-create them at domicile because the flavour combo is just likewise unique as well as delish. So aye that recipe would live perfect for your Thanksgiving tabular array also!

And don’t skimp on the parm!

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Parmesan Bacon Brussels Sprouts alongside Roasted Pears and Butternut Squash

These bacon brussels are a perfect vacation or autumn side dish! Filled alongside roasted pears, butternut squelch, dried cranberries, walnuts, too parmesan cheese!

Prep Time fifteen minutes

Cook Time xxx minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Servings four

Ingredients

• 
  two i/2
  cups
  cubed butternut mash
  


• 
  two
  pears, cored too diced (I used Anjou pears)
  


• 
  two
  teaspoons
  olive crude
  


• 
  pinch of cinnamon
  


• 
  pinch of nutmeg
  


• 
  salt as well as pepper
  


• 
  5
  slices bacon, chopped
  


• 
  ane
  pound
  brussels sprouts, halved
  


• 
  1/iv
  loving cup
  dried cranberries, chopped
  


• 
  i/three
  loving cup
  walnuts, toasted in addition to chopped
  


• 
  one/3
  loving cup
  freshly grated parmesan cheese, addition extra for serving
  

Instructions

1. 
   

   Preheat oven to 400℉. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment. Add the butternut crush as well as pears and toss amongst olive petroleum, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, as well as pepper. Roast for xx-25 minutes or until tender.
   

   
   


2. 
   

   While the butternut squash and pears are roasting, fry the bacon. Heat a large skillet over medium-high oestrus. Add the bacon too cook for vii-8 minutes, until crispy and brown. Let bacon drain on newspaper towels.

   
   


3. 
   

   Discard bacon fat except for nearly three tablespoons to ready the brussels sprouts. Add the brussels sprouts to the pan in addition to then accommodate them and then they are all cutting-side downwards. Season alongside a brace pinches of common salt. Let them ready (don't stir!) for 5-half dozen minutes, or until they've developed a deep brown colour.

   
   


4. 
   

   Add the roasted butternut crush and pears, bacon, cranberries, walnuts, in addition to parmesan together with stir to combine. Serve with extra parmesan!