Belarus Pickled Carrots Recipes

PICKLED CARROTS

Steps:

• Place 1 in. of water in a saucepan; add carrots. bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes or until carrots are crisp-tender. Drain and rinse in cold water. Place in a bowl and set aside., In a saucepan, combine water, vinegar, sugar, cinnamon, whole cloves and mustard seed. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cool; pour over the carrots., Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Discard cloves and cinnamon. Serve carrots with a slotted spoon.

BELARUS PICKLED CARROTS

Steps:

• Place carrots and bay leaves in a large bowl. In a dry small saucepan, toast caraway seeds over medium heat 1-2 minutes or until aromatic, stirring frequently. Stir in water, sugar, vinegar and salt. Bring to a boil. Pour over carrots. Refrigerate, covered, overnight to allow flavors to blend., Transfer mixture to covered jars. Refrigerate up to 1 month.

VINEGAR PICKLED CARROTS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, mix distilled white vinegar, white sugar, salt, pepper and water. Bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
• Place the carrots in sterile containers. Cover with the vinegar solution. Seal the containers, refrigerate and marinate carrots 12 hours or overnight before serving.

QUICK-PICKLED CARROTS

Steps:

• Place carrots in a heatproof resealable container or jar. Combine vinegar, sugar, salt, peppercorns, mustard seeds, and 1/2 cup water in a small pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Immediately pour over carrots. Let cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

PICKLED CARROTS

Steps:

• Fill a large bowl with cold water and ice cubes.
• Bring to a large pot of water to a boil. Add carrots; cook until slightly softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain and transfer to the bowl of ice water to cool quickly. Drain.
• Combine 1 1/2 cup water, vinegar, sugar, onion, currants, red wine, black garlic, jalapeno flakes, celery flakes, dill weed, star anise, and bay leaf in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cook until sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add carrots.
• Cool carrot mixture to room temperature, about 15 minutes. Pour into a large jar or airtight container. Refrigerate until flavors meld, at least 24 hours.

TORSHI-HAVIJ (PERSIAN PICKLED CARROTS)

Steps:

• Wash the carrots well (there is no need to peel them, but you can if you want to) and boil for about 3 minutes in boiling water. Remove from the water and allow to cool.
• Once the carrots are cooled, place them in a jar with a good lid or seal. It would be good to use use a tall and thin jar so that you can stand the carrots up in it without needing to use so much vinegar, but any jar will do.
• Grate the garlic coarsely and add to the carrots in the jar. Add all other ingredients (except the vinegar).
• Add enough white wine vinegar to the jar to cover the carrots completely. Put the lid on and store in the fridge for at least 3 weeks.

BELARUSSIAN CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• Grate the carrots in a food processor using a fine grater blade.
• Place grated carrot in a bowl and pour over the vinegar and salt; mix ingredients well to make sure everything is evenly coated; Cover the bowl and place in the fridge for at least 3 hours (preferably overnight) while the flavours develop; When you are ready to assemble the salad, check how much juice the carrots have made and if necessary pour excess juice away.
• Dry-roast the coriander seeds in a small frying pan over a medium heat (to do this, stir and toss the seeds in the pan for about 2 minutes, until they look toasted and start to jump); crush the roasted seeds lightly with a pestle and mortar .
• Heat the oil in the same frying pan, add the onion and fry until golden; allow to cool slightly then drain the oil through a sieve on to the carrots; the onion has now served its purpose and can be used in another dish, or discarded.
• Add the coriander seeds, garlic and cayenne pepper to the carrots, stir well and serve.