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Default Carrots two-ways; Was: Roasted carrots


"l not -l" > wrote in message
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> On 24-Nov-2014, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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>> I will be adding these to our Thanksgiving meal. Apparently I screwed
>> up.
>>
>> I bought more than I needed for the garlic salad. I shopped at Winco
>> today
>> and they did not have loose carrots. Then my CSA package arrived and
>> there
>> were carrots in there! I don't even remember them being on the list but
>> perhaps I accidentally swapped something out for those. Anyway...
>> Roasted
>> it is! I will use Ina Garten's recipe which just calls for olive oil,
>> kosher salt, pepper and dill or parsley. I'll use parsley.

>
> I served carrots with yesterday's family dinner; prepared two ways.
> Coffee
> infused and roasted with olive oil, salt and pepper. Coffee infused is:
> heat a cast iron skillet, remove from heat and spread whole coffee beans
> on
> the bottom and let sit until the heat from the pan draw out the oils
> enough
> to make the coffee beans shiny; add whole, peeled carrots on top of the
> beans. Cover and place in a heated 350F oven until the carrots are cooked
> to your preferred level. Remove from pan, toss coffee beans in trash.
> Different coffee beans may impart a different flavor, I used Eight o'
> Clock
> Colombian and liked the result. This is the second time I have made
> these;
> the first time, I covered the bottom of the skillet with beans and thought
> it imparted a too strong coffee flavor. This time I sparsely covered the
> bottom with beans and it was much more to my, and my son's, liking.
>
> I made the roasted carrots because I didn't think my daughter would like
> the
> coffee infused; I was wrong and should have made more.
>
> If you have dietary issues that make nutrition information very important
> to you, please calculate your own; the nutrition information supplied with
> this recipe is approximate and should NOT be used by those for whom the
> information is critical.


The coffee sounds interesting. Never heard of that before. Daughter loves
coffee but not cooked carrots. She only likes them raw.