Family Meal: Christmas Side Trio

with cranberry goat cheese bread pudding, rosemary Brussels sprouts, and mashed sweet potato with pecan brown butter

Prep & Cook Time: 60+ min.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Spice Level: Not Spicy

Cook Within: 7 days

Contains: Tree Nuts (Pecans), Milk, Eggs, Wheat

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  • Vegetarian

In Your Box

  • 14 oz. Sweet Potato
  • 6 oz. Brussels Sprouts
  • 1 Mini Baguette
  • 4 fl. oz. Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 4 fl. oz. Orange Juice
  • 2 fl. oz. Liquid Egg
  • 1 oz. Dried Cranberries
  • 1 oz. Goat Cheese
  • 0.9 oz. Butter
  • ½ oz. Pecans
  • 1 Rosemary Sprig

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  • Nutrition (per serving)

  • Calories
    840
  • Carbohydrates
    106g
  • Net Carbs
    94g
  • Fat
    39g
  • Protein
    20g
  • Sodium
    740mg

Recipe Steps

You Will Need

  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Cooking Spray
  • 1 Small Oven-Safe Casserole Dish
  • 1 Mixing Bowl
  • 1 Medium Pot

Before You Cook

Cooking Guidelines

To ensure food safety, the FDA recommends the following as minimum internal cooking temperatures:

  • Steak and Pork 145° F (rest cooked meat, 3 minutes) |
  • Seafood 145° F |
  • Chicken 165° F |
  • Ground Beef 160° F |
  • Ground Turkey 165° F |
  • Ground Pork 160° F
  1. 1

    Begin the Bread Pudding

    Stem and coarsely chop rosemary. Add cranberries and 1/4 cup hot tap water to a medium mixing bowl. Allow cranberries to sit 5 minutes. Cut baguette into 1/2" dice. Add cream,liquid egg, half of rosemary (reserve remaining for Brussels sprouts), and goat cheese (reserve 1 tsp. for garnish) to bowl containing cranberries. Add 1/4 tsp. salt and a pinch of pepper.

  2. 2

    Bake the Bread Pudding

    Add diced bread to cream-egg mixture. Stir together and set aside to absorb and soften, 5 minutes. Pour bread pudding mixture into prepared small casserole dish. Cover with foil and bake until firm but still slightly jiggly, 20-25 minutes. Remove foil and bake until golden brown, 5-7 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle on remaining goat cheese, and rest 5 minutes. While bread pudding bakes, make sweet potato.

  3. 3

    Mash the Sweet Potato

    Peel and cut sweet potato into 1/2" dice. Add 1/3 the butter to medium pot and melt over medium-high heat. Add sweet potato and cook until lightly browned, 2-4 minutes. Add orange juice and 1/2 cup water and bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes, then reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook until sweet potato is tender and 1/4 cup liquid or less remains, 7-10 minutes. Remove from burner and, using potato masher or fork, mash sweet potato until mostly smooth. Add water 1 Tbsp. at a time if sweet potatoes are too firm. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. While sweet potato cooks, make brown butter.

  4. 4

    Make the Brown Butter Pecans

    Trim bottoms off Brussels sprouts and halve vertically (quarter if larger than ping pong balls). Add remaining butter and pecans to a medium pan over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until butter begins to smell "nutty", turn golden, and brown flecks appear, 5-6 minutes. Remove brown butter and pecans from pan, wipe pan clean, and reserve.

  5. 5

    Cook the Brussels Sprouts

    Return pan used to cook brown butter pecans to medium heat. Add 1 tsp. olive oil and Brussels sprouts to hot pan, cut side down. Cook undisturbed until golden brown, 3-5 minutes. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until Brussels sprouts are browned and tender, 4-6 minutes. Toss with remaining rosemary, 1/4 tsp. salt, and a pinch of pepper. Remove from burner.

  6. 6

    Plate the Dish

    Place rosemary Brussels sprouts into a serving dish. Add sweet potatoes to a serving dish and spoon brown butter and pecans on top. Serve bread pudding in casserole dish it was baked in.

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