My Brussels Sprouts from Gabriel Kreuther: The Spirit of Alsace by Gabriel Kreuther

Ingredients

• ½ to 1 teaspoon chopped (into a paste) garlic
• 1 cup (160 g) finely chopped onion
• Salt
• 2 pounds (900 g) Brussels sprouts, halved
• 6 ounces (175 g) applewood-smoked slab bacon, cut into thin strips
• 2 tablespoons chopped chives
• 10 grinds pepper
• Slurry (1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons cold water)
• 1 cup (240 ml) half-and-half
• 20 gratings nutmeg