Jamie Oliver Baked Carrots Recipes

THE ULTIMATE CARROTS

Steps:

• Peel the carrots, then you can chop, quarter or halve them, but I like to leave them whole with the tops on. Don't worry, this recipe will work however you prep them so just get them ready your favourite way.
• Place the carrots in a large, wide pan and just cover with cold water. Add a good pinch of sea salt and a pinch of black pepper, the clementine juice (you can use oranges instead, if you prefer), vinegar and butter.
• Bring to the boil and cook for 20 minutes, or until nearly all the liquid has evaporated.
• Once the butter starts to glaze the carrots, add the thyme sprigs and reduce the heat to low. Cook for 5 minutes, or until caramelised and delicious.

CARROTS

Steps:

• Carrots boiled with orange, garlic and herbs: Boil the carrots in salted boiling water with a tablespoon of sugar, a knob of butter and a little handful of fragrant herbs, tied up. Parsley, rosemary, thyme, bay - use just one or a mixture. Cut an orange into eighths and add them to the water, along with a few whole garlic cloves in their skins. If you really want to be a little tiger, add a pinch of cumin as well (seeds or ground) - it subtly cuts through with the most wonderful flavour. As soon as the carrots are cooked, drain them, discard the herbs and all but one of the orange pieces, squeeze the garlic out of its skin, chop the remaining orange piece finely and toss with the carrots, some seasoning and a little more butter. The flavour will be incredible.
• Another idea is to fry the chopped-up orange in a good tablespoon of sugar, so it almost jammifies, and serve this on top of the carrots. These two flavours together are one of the coolest things.
• Or, roasted carrots with orange, garlic and thyme: just as easy - as soon as you drain the carrots you can throw them into a baking tray with the chopped-up orange and the garlic cloves and roast them at 200°C/400°F/gas 6 for 10 minutes - this will give you a slightly meatier flavour.
• Or simply mash the carrots up with the orange and garlic, so you have some coarse and some smooth. Lovely.

THE BEST WHOLE-BAKED CARROTS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Toss your carrots with a good lug of olive oil, a splash of vinegar, salt and pepper, the thyme sprigs and the garlic cloves. Place in a roasting tray or earthenware dish, cover tightly with tinfoil and cook for 30 to 40 minutes until just tender. Remove the foil and cook for a further 10 minutes until the carrots have browned and caramelized nicely.

JAMIE OLIVER BAKED CARROTS

Steps:

• This is a very easy way to make carrots for a holiday side dish or anytime you want to keep cleanup to a minimum. Instead of a baking dish this recipe uses a foil packet for truly instant tidy up. Preheat the oven to 375℉ (190℃). Peel or scrub the carrots. Use a sheet of aluminum foil for the baking "dish", pull out about twice as much so you can fold it over to enclose the carrots in a packet. Place the prepared carrots in the middle of one half of the foil. Add the garlic, tucking under the carrots. Sprinkle the cumin over the top, add salt and pepper to taste. Dot with knobs of butter. Fold up two of the edges of the foil (folding several times) leaving one end of the foil packet open. Add the white wine (or vermouth) into the open end and seal it up by folding over several times. Pop it into the oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Be careful opening the foil to avoid burning yourself due to the buildup of steam. Serve in the foil or transfer to a serving platter.

BAKED CARROTS WITH CUMIN, THYME, BUTTER AND CHARDONNAY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Tear off around 5feet of kitchen foil and fold it in half to give you double thickness. Place everything but the wine and seasoning in the middle of the foil. Bring up the sides and pour in the white wine. Season well. Fold or scrunch the foil together to seal. Cook in the preheated oven for 45 minutes until the carrots are tender. You may need to cook it for longer if the carrots are bigger than baby ones;

JAMIE OLIVER'S ROAST POTATOES, PARSNIPS, AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°.
• Peel the vegetables and halve any larger ones lengthways. Break the garlic bulb into cloves, leaving them unpeeled, and bash them slightly with the palm of your hand. Pick the rosemary leaves from the woody stalks.
• Put the potatoes and carrots into a large pan - you may need to use two - of salted, boiling water on a high heat and bring back to the boil.
• Allow to boil for 5 minutes, then add the parsnips and cook for another 4 minutes.
• Drain in a colander and allow to steam dry. Take out the carrots and parsnips and put to one side.
• Fluff up the potatoes in the colander by shaking it around a little - it's important to 'chuff them up' like this if you want them to have all those lovely crispy bits when they're cooked.
• Add the olive oil, garlic, and rosemary leaves.
• Put the vegetables into the tray with a good pinch of salt and pepper and stir them around to coat them in the flavours.
• Spread them out evenly into one layer - this is important, as you want them to roast, not steam as they will if you have them all on top of each other
• Cook for approximately 40 minutes or until the vegetables become browned and crispy.

BAKED CARROTS WITH CUMIN, THYME, BUTTER AND CHARDONNAY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Tear off about 5 feet of aluminum foil and fold it in half.
• Place the carrots, cumin seeds, thyme leaves, butter, and salt and pepper in the middle of the foil.
• Bring up the sides of the foil and pour in the wine. Fold or scrunch the foil together and seal.
• Cook for 45 minutes or until the carrots are tender.