These roasted brussels sprouts with boursin cheese should really be called baked boursin brussels sprouts. The boursin cheese bakes right into each brussels sprouts creating layers of boursin in between all of the leaves. Then I drizzled some hot honey over them and enjoyed them straight out of the pan. This was the absolute best vegetable dish I have ever made. You have to give this one a try.

Boursin Brussels Sprouts

One of the most popular recipes on my blog is my Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Feta Cheese, so I wanted to create something similar, and HONESTLY, I ended up making something even better! These roasted brussels sprouts with boursin are a 10 out of 10! I also have a Parmesan Crusted Brussels Sprouts recipe and you all loved that one too.

It is such an easy side dish to make and can be enjoyed with anything from roasted chicken, pork chops, steak, and even pasta. In my recipe I used the garlic and herb boursin cheese, but you can use any of the boursin flavors. Also, I added about 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the boursin cheese to make it easily spreadable.

I like to finish a lot of brussels sprouts dishes with a touch of sweetness to balance out the flavors. For this recipe I used a drizzle of hot honey. It adds just a touch of sweetness that balances the whole dish. Boursin cheese is salty and the honey goes so well with that.

How To Make Brussels Sprouts Less Bitter

Brussels sprouts have not always been a popular vegetable to make, due to their strong taste and their ability to make any household smell like brussels sprouts for days. There are a few ways to make the flavor less bitter and they all require balancing the flavor with other flavors. I try to balance flavors in most things I make, but if you are trying to convert a non-brussels sprouts eater to a brussels sprouts lover, you should try some version of this.

Brussels sprouts have bitterness, but when they are roasted with some oil, they also have this wonderful nutty flavor. You should always add a little salt when roasting them. A lot of people find just roasting them with some oil does the trick, but some people need a little more convincing.

One common blend of ingredients for brussels sprouts is to cook them with some bacon, bacon fat, and a little maple syrup or honey. These sweet and salty topping really kick it up a notch. Be careful not to use too much oil or fat or else the brussels sprouts will go from crunchy to soggy. I like to add a touch of syrup or honey at the end because it can burn easily and I like the way it tastes as a final topping.

This boursin and hot honey is a great vegetarian version of the above. Boursin cheese adds the perfect salty component and hot honey is just the right amount of sweet. Some other flavors that work with brussels sprouts are feta and balsamic glaze and also lemon and parmesan. The lemon gives it a punch of acidity and it helps to balance the bitterness.

Brussels Sprouts With Hot Honey

I feel as though a lot of people have had a real awakening when it comes to brussels sprouts. Many of us grew up not eating these mini cabbages either because either our parents didn’t know how to cook them or our parents didn’t like them. Frequently, the only way anyone had ever had them prepared was boiled. It seemed like it was not common to roast vegetables in America in the 1970s or 80s.

But at some point, someone taught us, whether it was from a cooking show, a magazine, or we learned from professional chefs, and we all finally realized that roasted vegetables are amazing. Once I started to make them at home, I would prepare it the same way that I tried them in restaurants. I would make some bacon, and then use the bacon grease to cook the sprouts. Then, I would top them with either maple syrup or a touch of honey.

Even though I can easily make them at home I still always order brussels sprouts whenever I see them on a restaurant menu. I love trying new ways to prepare them. I think this version of roasted brussels sprouts with boursin cheese and hot honey is so tasty and can convince anyone that they are truly a fan of brussels sprouts too.

How to make Baked Boursin Brussels Sprouts

INGREDIENTS

16 oz brussels sprouts
5.2 oz boursin cheese
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp seasoning salt i use Lawry’s
1 tbsp hot honey

INSTRUCTIONS

Trim your brussels sprouts by cutting off the bottom stem area. Then, cut each brussels sprout in half. Set aside.
Preheat your oven to 400F
Choose a 13×9 baking dish. I used a ceramic cast iron baking dish because I knew this would not stick to it.
Combine your boursin and olive oil until smooth. Spread the mixture at the bottom of a baking dish.
Push down each brussels sprout half in on top of the cheese. Get it all in there. You can line up the brussels sprouts at random, or you can create equal rows of brussels sprouts.
Drizzle a little olive oil on top and then brush the oil on top using a basting brush. Then, equally distribute your seasoning salt on top.
Bake for 28-30 minutes and then remove from the oven and let rest (untouched) for 5-10 minutes. Drizzle the honey on them as soon as you remove them from the oven.