Caramelized Root Vegetables Recipes

CARAMELIZED ROOT VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Melt butter with oil in very large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion; sauté 5 minutes. Add rutabagas and next 4 ingredients; sauté until vegetables are caramelized and tender, stirring often, about 30 minutes. Stir in chestnuts, garlic, and thyme; sauté 5 minutes. Season generously with salt and pepper. Do ahead Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring frequently, until heated through before serving.

CARAMELIZED ROOT VEGETABLES & MELT IN YOUR MOUTH VEAL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Sprinkle flour over meat and rub to coat well.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour olive oil in large pan on medium high heat and brown veal well on all sides.
• Remove veal from pan and place in dutch oven or roasting pan and sprinkle with paprika and let sit.
• Add the shallots to frying pan and cook for 3 minutes, stir in vermouth and 3/4 cup of chicken stock, bring to a boil.
• Pour over veal roast.
• Sprinkle rosemary and thyme over roast.
• Bring veal roast to a simmer over medium heat, cover and bake in oven at 325 degrees for 1 1/4 hours.
• Melt butter and sugar in frying pan, add onions, carrots, turnips and parsnips.
• Coat vegetables well and season with salt and pepper, add the remaining 1/2 cup chicken stock and bring to a roaring boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes, (or until all liquid has evaporated) stirring frequently.
• After the veal roast has cooked for 1 1/4 hours add the root vegetables all around the roast and bast the vegetables with the veal juices.
• Cover roast and return to oven for another 30- 45 minutes.
• Let veal rest, covered with tin foil for 10 minutes.
• Remove the vegetables.
• Reduce sauce and reserve.
• Slice veal and add to platter with vegetables.
• Drizzle with sauce and enjoy.

ROOT VEGETABLE MASH WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Prepare the carrots and parsnips for cooking and add to a large saucepan. (Though the original recipe called for peeled carrots, I prefer not to peel.) Add water to cover vegetables and bring the pot to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the carrots and parsnips are tender.
• While the carrots and parsnips are cooking, melt the butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring often until the onions ae cooked and a golden brown, about 6 to 8 minutes. If you are using the sugar, add now. Add the thyme. Reduce the heat to low and continue cooking another 6 minutes. If the pan seems too dry (onions are sticking), add a teaspoon of the cooking broth from the carrots and parsnips. Onions should be nicely browned and barely holding their shape.
• Add drained chickpeas, to the onions and cook until warmed through, about 3 minutes.
• Drain the carrots and parsnips, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid. Keep warm. Using an immersion blender, counter blender or food processor puree the carrots & parsnips with the salt, pepper and nutmeg and 1/3 cup of cooking liquid. If they are too thick for your tastes, add additional cooking liquid.
• To assemble the dish, serve a portion of the carrots and parsnips mounding down a center. Place a portion of the onions and chickpeas in the center well. Alternately, you can serve family-style with a mound of the mash int he center with a ring of the onions and chickpeas around the outside.
• (For WW: 5 points per serving on Flex; Core (w/o brown sugar) plus 1/2 point).

SOUR CITRUS PORK TACOS WITH CARAMELIZED ROOT VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat conventional oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat oil in saute pan over medium-high heat. Pat pork dry and season with salt and pepper as desired, add to hot pan and sear on all sides until browned. Transfer pork to small saucepan over medium heat and add orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, onion, garlic cloves, Mexican oregano, cumin, and chicken broth; bring to boil, cover and transfer to oven and cook for 1 hour. Remove from oven, pull out pork and shred with two forks; keep warm.
• In large mixing bowl, combine diced root vegetables, red onion, fresh thyme sprigs and season as desired with salt and black pepper, tossing while coating with non-stick spray. Spread vegetable mixture in a single even layer across a non-stick baking pan. Roast in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until crispy and tender. Remove from oven; keep warm.
• Heat Mission® Artisan® Corn & Whole Wheat Tortillas according to package instructions. Place tortillas on flat on work surface and divide shredded pork evenly and top evenly with crispy root vegetables. Serve immediately with fresh orange wedges.