Here is a simple way to prepare carrots, so simple it’s just a ‘picture recipe’. It’s one notch up from simply steaming them with a couple added steps to make it feel fancy!
Start with some great carrots.
Wash and cut the carrots into bite size pieces and cut an orange in 1/2 (I only pictured 1/2 of the orange, sorry) and juice both 1/2’s, you need about 1/4 cup of juice.
Steam the carrots in lightly salted water, use enough water to just cover the bottom of your pan cover the pan with a lid and simmer until the carrots are just tender. 
Drain the cooked carrots, you’ll add them back to the pan soon.
In the same pan you cooked the carrots, toast a handful of nuts on a medium heat for a minute.
Take the nuts out and set them aside for a minute while you finish the dish.
Add a couple tablespoons of butter into the same pan you have been using and when it melts….
…..add the drained carrots and the juice from the orange to the melted butter. It will spatter so beware of the steam, it all comes together quickly. See the top right bubbly stuff in the pan? That is the juice caramelizing.
Stir everything together adding the nuts back to the pan.
…and serve.
Leave a Reply