Ottolenghi’s Roasted Baby Carrots with Harissa and Pomegranate
Ottolenghi's quick and easy recipe for baby carrots, from Ottolenghi SIMPLE, elevates this favourite vegetable with the addition of harissa and pomegranate.
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Introduction
This is a striking salad with bright colours and serious flavour. Serve alongside any chicken, slow-cooked lamb or with a selection of vegetables and legumes. Long baby carrots look lovely here, as ever, but if you are starting with regular carrots that’s fine: just slice them into long, thin batons.
Bake the carrots up to 6 hours in advance if you want to get ahead, and mix with the remaining ingredients just before you are ready to serve.
Ingredients
| 2 tsp | cumin seeds |
| 2 tsp | honey |
| 2 tbsp | rose harissa (or 50% more or less depending on the variety, see notes below) |
| 20g | unsalted butter, melted |
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
| 800g | long baby carrots (or regular carrots, cut into long, thin batons, 10 x 1½cm), peeled and stems trimmed (to leave just a cm or two) |
| 10g | coriander leaves, roughly chopped |
| 60g | pomegranate seeds (from ½ a pomegranate) |
| 2 tsp | lemon juice |
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 230°C fan.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the cumin, honey, harissa, butter, oil and ¾ teaspoon of salt. Add the carrots, mix well, then spread out on a large parchment-lined baking tray: you don’t want to overcrowd the carrots, so use two trays if you need to.
3. Roast for 12–14 minutes, until the carrots are beginning to brown but still retain a bite, then remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
4. When ready to serve, mix the carrots with the remaining ingredients and serve.
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