Ingredients

  • 23 cup heavy cream or 23 cup whipping cream
  • 23 cup milk
  • 1 ounce parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1 lb Brussels sprout, thinly, sliced, and, lightly blanched
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 garlic, clove, finely, chopped
  • salt and pepper
  • 12 teaspoon grated nutmeg
  • 1 onion, thinly, sliced
  • 14 cup smoked bacon

Method

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
  • Melt the butter over a medium heat in a medium saute pan and cook the onions but do not allow them to brown.
  • In a separate pan, cook the bacon over a medium heat to render the fat.
  • Butter a shallow ovenproof dish.
  • Blend together the cream, milk, Parmesan cheese and seasoning in a large bowl with a spoon.
  • Mix the blanched Brussels sprouts, onions and bacon, tossing them together with the garlic, a little seasoning and grated nutmeg.
  • Place the mixture into the bottom of the ovenproof dish and cover with the cream mixture.
  • Cover the dish loosely with wax paper and bake for approximately 1 hour.
  • Halfway through cooking, remove the paper and press the sprouts under the liquid in the dish.
  • Return to the oven and brown.
  • Serve warm.