How to cook carrots? How to enhance its taste and color? Here is a collection of recipes with carrots for all tastes, from appetizers to desserts.
How to cook carrots? How to enhance its taste and color? Here is a collection of recipes with carrots for all tastes, from appetizers to desserts.
Carrot is a very colorful vegetable which, with its sweet and delicate flavor, is very popular with young and old alike. Spontaneous plant typical of the Mediterranean areas, its tuber is used in the kitchen in the preparation of various dishes.
Also to be eaten raw, perhaps julienned and dressed in salads with other seasonal vegetables, carrot is a very versatile food that goes well with sweet and savory ingredients. Low in calories and rich in beta-carotene, vitamins and minerals, carrots also have a protective function on the respiratory system and are also an excellent gastroprotector.
Currently orange-colored carrots are more common, but in reality, in nature, these were purple, red and yellow, the orange hue in fact was obtained only from an agricultural processing carried out in Africa in honor of the Orange rulers.
READ also: The story of multicolored carrots
Below we recommend 10 unmissable recipes to which the carrot, both as a main ingredient and added, has given color and flavor.
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Carrot and zucchini tart
The carrot and zucchini tart is a very simple vegetarian savory pie, a different way to make your children eat vegetables too. You can add slightly seasoned cheese or alternatively vegan stracchino. Here is the complete recipe to follow.
Medallions of azuki beans and carrots
Medallions of azuki beans and carrots are a perfect vegetarian dish for young and old. They have a delicate flavor and a very pleasant texture which makes them perfect for filling sandwiches as well. Nutritionally complete dish, it can also be served at room temperature. The step by step recipe is here.
Carrots Sweet & Sour
Sweet and sour carrots are a dish of sure success; easy and quick to prepare, they have a very captivating taste. To be served as a side dish or also to be proposed among the dishes of an aperitif, they will surely conquer everyone at the first taste. Here the recipe.
Muffins and cupcakes with carrots
Muffins with carrots are a simple and delicious dessert to be offered in merenza or in the morning for breakfast. Soft and delicious, they are prepared with unrefined ingredients and without butter, therefore they are also perfect for lactose intolerant. For a cruelty free version, we recommend the carrot cakes, also made with not very refined ingredients, they do not have any ingredients of animal origin, the recipe is here.
Carrot chips
Carrot chips are a perfect alternative to classic French fries. Lighter but no less tasty, they are crunchy and delicious. To be consumed as a snack for a mid-day snack or as an aperitif, they will surely appeal to young and old alike. The recipe is here.
Savory vegetable muffins
Savory vegetable muffins are a tasty and healthy meal and are a perfect trick for even children to eat vegetables. Lactose-free and without seasonality, they can be prepared from time to time with seasonal vegetables. Together with carrots you can accompany them with zucchini, potatoes, but also broccoli and cauliflower.
Carrot gnocchi with asparagus
Carrot gnocchi with asparagus are a very colorful and very tasty first course. Vegan recipe, therefore devoid of ingredients of animal origin, can also be seasoned in other ways. Free rein to your imagination and according to personal tastes you can create always different dishes. The recipe is here.
Millet pancakes with carrot tufts
Millet pancakes with carrot tufts are a delicious and tasty dish. Recycling recipe, allows you to eliminate food waste making us appreciate what we usually discard. Gluten free but rich in flavor, you can consult the recipe here.
Carrots pie
Carrot cake is a well known and appreciated dessert. There are so many recipes to prepare this soft dessert perfect for breakfast and a snack; there are in fact vegan versions, lactose-free or gluten-free, what unites them is obviously the presence of the orange vegetable. Here you will find a specific collection of recipes. To make cakes or carrot tartlets it is also possible to use the waste from the centrifuge or extractor as proposed in this recipe
Carrot spaghetti with basil and pistachio pesto
Carrot spaghetti with basil and pistachio pesto are a truly exceptional raw food first course. In this dish there is no lack of color and flavor and its ease of execution is undisputed. Perfect dish to be consumed even in the working lunch break, it is also indicated on very hot days, the recipe is here.
Summer savory tart with cucumbers and carrots
This summer savory tart with cucumbers and carrots is very easy to prepare, as a base you can use a shortcrust pastry and enclose a filling based on greek yogurt, cucumbers e carrots. The vegetables, previously finely shredded, give the dish a light pastel color and a delicate flavor where the freshness of the cucumber stands out. Here the complete recipe.
Ilaria Zizza
