19 Carrot Recipes to Root for This Season (2024)

FAQs

How to make Gordon Ramsay carrots? ›

Cooking instructions

Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan, then add the carrots and parsnips and toss to coat in the oil. Add the thyme, cinnamon, star anise and some seasoning. Cook over a medium heat for 15-20 minutes, turning the vegetables frequently, until golden brown and almost cooked through.

Roasted carrots go with all proteins – chicken, pork, lamb, beef, seafood. Specifically, I find it best to serve roast chicken fresh out of the oven so these carrots don't make an appearance on the side of chicken.

For example, carrots are said to pair exceptionally well with butter, ginger, lemon, maple syrup, orange, parsley, and sugar. Other ingredients that are said to pair well with carrots include cinnamon, coriander, dill, lime, spearmint, olive oil, parsnips, salt, tarragon, thyme, etc.

Roasting really brings out carrots' best qualities. To make them, just toss carrots with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Bake until they're golden on the edges and tender throughout.

Flavor Enhancements

Use spearmint, marjoram, a small bay leaf, thyme, grated ginger root, chopped chives, dill or parsley.

It can cause a change in texture and color and cause carrots to rot prematurely. If you catch your carrots getting cozy with the apples in the crisper, check to make sure there is no mold or mushy, rotten spots on the carrots. Then separate the produce, and store your carrots in water to bring them back to life.

Mixing carrots and oranges can be very dangerous. This mix has been known to cause heartburn and kidney damage.

I always recommend planting chives, garlic, onions, leeks, or shallots next to your carrots and leafy greens. The reason being, these members of the onion plant family have a strong scent that repels pests like aphids and carrot flies.

What are carrots not compatible with? ›

Plants to Avoid

These include dill, parsnips, and potatoes. Dill can attract pests that harm carrots, while parsnips and potatoes may compete with carrots for nutrients and space. Through carrot companion planting, you can maximize your garden's yield, keep pests at bay, and even enhance the flavor of your carrots.

It's never a good idea to eat or cook with rotted vegetables. Mushy/soft texture: Carrots taste best when they're firm and crunchy, but they're still safe to eat when they have a more rubbery texture. It's soft and mushy carrots that you want to be on the look-out for—these carrots are spoiled and not safe to eat.

Rabbits are small mammals and like to eat carrots. Frogs eat insects, tiger eats other herbivorous animals and a donkey eats grass or hay.

It works best if you add the carrots along with the food you're frying. Otherwise, the carrots might shrivel up and burn before whatever you're frying is finished. You might have to switch out the carrots in between batches of food—again, to avoid burning the carrots and thus defeating the purpose of the tip.

You might be tempted to boil carrots to soften the tough tubers for blending into soups, turning into baby food, or serving as a puree. But boiling carrots removes water-soluble vitamins like vitamin C and B vitamins like thiamine and niacin (via Healthline), reducing their nutritional content.

Blanching the carrots before stir frying ensures that they are perfectly cooked while retaining their vibrant color and crunchy texture. To blanch the carrots, bring a pot of water to boil and add a pinch of salt. Carefully place the carrots into the boiling water and cook them for 2-3 minutes.