Carrots are quite a versatile root vegetable. You can prepare a side dish, dessert, first course, or salad from them. They can be consumed raw, boiled, stewed, or fried... So why not try experimenting with them by adding both sweet and savory flavors, as well as some spiciness and acidity?
This is exactly what we decided to combine in one dish by preparing baked carrots with garlic, honey, balsamic sauce, olive oil, a mix of Greek herbs, and feta cheese.
Time required: about an hour
Difficulty: 2 out of 5
Cost: average (the most expensive ingredients are balsamic sauce, honey, and feta cheese)
We will need:
From the specified proportions of ingredients, we managed to prepare dishes for 4 small portions, which we served as an addition to rice and fish:
4 medium carrots
1 tablespoon of honey
5-6 cloves of garlic
4-5 tablespoons of balsamic sauce
5 tablespoons of olive oil
Greek spice mix - to taste
salt, black ground pepper - to taste
feta cheese – ½ package (about 140 grams)
Preparation
We wash and peel the carrots. Cut them into fairly large pieces.
We grate the garlic. In a separate container, mix the honey (if it is hard due to crystallization – soften it for a few seconds in the microwave or melt it in a water bath), balsamic sauce, olive oil, freshly grated garlic, and all the other dry ingredients.
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We transfer the carrots to a baking dish.
Add the prepared marinade and mix thoroughly.
Place in the oven to bake at 190 degrees for one hour (we turned on the top and bottom heating elements, as well as the convection mode). As a result, the carrots remain crunchy but are cooked through and infused with the aromas of all the marinade ingredients. That’s why we called them spicy at the beginning of our post.
We take the dish out of the oven and add crumbled feta cheese.
We can also add a few more drops of balsamic sauce on top for extra spiciness.
This combination is simply fantastic! Try making such carrots, and you will be satisfied! Enjoy! ;)
