I just managed to catch the second half of today's great british food revival, about Michael Caines talking about carrots! I think he's 100% in saying the way most of us cook them is such a waste. I have to admit, i have a guilty pleasure when it comes to my carrots. If they're with a roast dinner (which they always are!) i leave them to the end, chop them up really small, dollop a teaspoon of mint sauce on them and douse them with gravy! I know it's gross, don't judge me. It's been a thing i've done since i was a child and i haven't got round to stopping yet. ANYWAY, i love the way my nanas cooks carrots, it's simple but they taste so much better than just plain old steamed carrots:
She cuts them into strips, and adds a pinch of salt, a large tablespoon of sugar and a knob of butter to a pan filled halfway with water. And of course the carrots! And just simmers them slowly until the water dissipates and the sugar and butter caramelise on the carrots, it's delicious.
There are so many amazing ways in which you can cook them, like Michael Caines did, make a carrot and coriander soup, or carrot cake, roasting them, using them in salads, you could make carrot and sweet potato mash (a nice change from carrot and swede!). And last but not least, one of my favourite snacks is just some raw carrot cut into sticks to nom on.
How do you cook your carrots? I can't wait to try roasting them with some honey, or with garlic and rosemary!
