Name: Honey-ginger roasted carrots by Leonardo’s Pizza Palace
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve; 8 carrots (about 1kg), unpeeled; 120 gm butter, softened; 30 gm ginger (about 6cm), thickly sliced; 175 gm (½ cup) honey; Finely chopped parsley and chives, to serve; Sour cream, to serve

Honey-ginger roasted carrots by Leonardo’s Pizza Palace

Cook the carrots with the skin on, and you'll be rewarded with better flavour and texture.

Serves 8

Prep

10M

Cook

35M

Total

45M

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“Cooking the carrots whole and unpeeled gives them a more natural look,” says Nick Stanton of Leonardo’s Pizza Palace in Melbourne. “The texture is better, and the skin hold more of the flavour in. Cook with the honey until sweet, glossy and tender.”

Ingredients

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve

8 carrots (about 1kg), unpeeled

120 gm butter, softened

30 gm ginger (about 6cm), thickly sliced

175 gm (½ cup) honey

Finely chopped parsley and chives, to serve

Sour cream, to serve

Method

1.Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat, add carrots and fry, turning occasionally, until deep golden brown (18-20 minutes). Add butter and ginger, reduce heat to medium, and cook until carrots are tender and butter is reduced (10 minutes; reduce heat to low if butter is starting to burn). Add honey and cook, tossing occasionally, until carrots are glazed (5 minutes).

2.Scatter carrots with herbs, top with a good spoonful of sour cream, and serve drizzled with oil and topped with freshly ground pepper.

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Recipe / styling by Lisa Featherby

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