People don’t roast carrots enough. And by “people”, I mean me. It’s so simple. Quarter the carrots, put on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and roast in a hot oven for 45 mins or so, shaking to move them about every now and again. They’re so sweet and sticky with their own sugar you could almost eat them for dessert.
If you want to add some herbs, thyme is particularly good. Just scatter it among the carrots.
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August 17, 2006 at 7:11 pm
I *hate* raw carrots with a burning passion, and hate boiled/steamed carrots almost as much. The other week I had a bunch of veggies that were on their way out- broccoli, corn, zucchini, yellow squash, boiling onions, carrots. I roasted them with some olive oil… in the last 10min, i added salt, pepper, and marjoram… now i am addicted! and i have a new appreciation for carrots 🙂
December 20, 2006 at 11:03 pm
Very nice, thanks.
Have to try this now.
December 21, 2006 at 7:00 am
I’ll be doing the Christmas dinner… I already roast potatoes and parsnips… I don’t especially like carrots as they’re kind of bland… So I said to my wife “I might try roasting them”, and found this recipe.
Looking forward to it. I love roasting stuff:)
Thanks for the instructions.
December 25, 2006 at 12:23 pm
I’m gonna try it
August 4, 2011 at 3:47 am
Hey Bob sound hot wanna go out some time?
October 15, 2012 at 8:13 am
lulu,
you can roast my carrot any day…
bob
December 25, 2006 at 12:24 pm
I love roasting potatoes and chickens. they’re TASTY!
January 21, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Simply Delicious!
February 12, 2007 at 4:18 pm
just roased some carrots and you are right they were delisious
thanks
April 9, 2007 at 12:13 am
My kids can’t get enough of them.
April 11, 2007 at 8:41 pm
We have been making carrots this way for several years. Quite often we make them for company. We have had several people who said they did not like carrots simply rave about them. Often, we mix them with cubed potatoes and string beans on the same pan. The string beans do not take as long. It is a nice mixture. Sweet potatoes are also great this way.
July 3, 2008 at 9:19 am
Roasting carrots is by far the best way to eat them. I place olive oil, honey and ground cummin in a bowl with a lid. Place the cut carrots in bowl and shake to coat then just tip them onto the baking tray and into the oven. YUMMY!
January 26, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Did I miss where you said what temperature to roast them at? “Hot oven”??
March 11, 2009 at 5:13 am
180/350 works just fine!
July 13, 2009 at 1:02 pm
nice one that’s waht i was looking for . thanks
September 30, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Try mixing some parsnips in there too -very tasty!
January 4, 2010 at 6:21 pm
I’m going to make these tonight!! Bake some chicken and potatoes too. Yum.
June 21, 2010 at 6:42 am
so 180 degrees celcius?? ok cool will make them with chicken breast and suadsges
November 14, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Thanks was just looking for this recepie
March 7, 2011 at 7:34 am
I just chuck carrots in with my roasts sometimes for about 50 mins and they turn out beaut.
April 24, 2011 at 12:26 am
Do you peel the carrots first?
September 23, 2012 at 5:42 am
I find they need to be boiled first (I.e. cooked) to get them the very best. They can otherwise be a bit crunchy if they’re cooked only for an hour (about the cooking time of a chicken).
November 8, 2012 at 3:30 pm
OMG CARROTS ARE SOO SWEET WHEN ROASTED