Roasted Bacon and Blue cheese Brussels Sprouts

Roasted Bacon and Blue cheese Brussels Sprouts/ Blue cheese compound butter

Ingredients:

• 2-3 lbs Brussels sprouts trimmed and quartered
• 3/4 lb-1 lb smoked thick cut bacon, chopped and fried reserve grease
• 2 tsp kosher salt
• 2 tsp coarse ground black pepper
• Hot sauce of choice
• Maple syrup of choice
• Balsamic glaze
• Blue cheese crumbles

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line an extra large baking sheet with baking paper
2. Chop and fry the bacon, transfer bacon to a paper towel lined plate using a slotted spoon. Reserve the bacon grease set aside to cool. 
3. Wash, dry, trim and quarter the Brussels sprouts. Transfer to a large bowl
4. Toss the Brussels sprouts with the bacon grease, kosher salt and pepper. Mix well to get each sprout coated. Spread sprouts over the baking sheet with a cut side facing down.
5. Roast sprouts for 20 minutes, remove and flip/toss sprouts so a different side is facing down. Roast an additional 20 minutes. Check and roast longer if you want them browner.
6. When sprouts are done roasting and you have reach you desired browning, transfer sprout back into a large bowl.  Toss with the cooked bacon pieces and the blue cheese crumbles. Add desired amounts of hot sauce and maple syrup to taste.
7. Plate Brussels sprout and drizzle with a bit of balsamic glaze.

I served these with A new york strip steak topped with blue cheese compound butter.

For the compound butter:

Combine/ Mash ingredients together with a fork

 

1/2 cup butter softened to room temperature

1/3 cup blue cheese crumbles

1 Tbsp parsley herbs ( freeze dried )

1 Tbsp basil herbs ( freeze dried )

1 Tbsp minced garlic ( I used the kind packed in olive oil )