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How to prepare carrots

Here's how to prepare carrots, from the simplest way (peeled then rinsed) to a more sophisticated version where only the very best ofthe vegetable is kept.

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 12 carrots, you will need:

1 12 carrots
Total weight: 2,160 grams

Change these quantities to make:

2 carrots 4 carrots 8 carrots 12 carrots

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 14 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1

There's no need to wash the carrots to start with.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Peel with a vegetable peeler if possible. The most practical way is by starting in the middle and peeling towards the end of the carrot. Do this all round, then turn and do the same for the other end.

Stage 3

Peel away all marks on the surface completely.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Cut off the top (a good centimetre or ½").

Stage 5

Then the bottom.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Rinse and dry on a cloth.

Your carrots are now ready to be grated or sliced for example.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

If you wish to use only the best of the carrot, there's still a little work left to do.

Cut the carrot in 2 lengthways, then cut each half in 2 again.

You will now have 4 long quarters, with an angled "ridge" and a rounded underside.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Lie a quarter on its rounded side, and cut off the angled top edge, which is the core of the carrot.

This central core is always harder than the rest, often fibrous and sometimes more green than orange.

You will notice that it is wider at the top end of the carrot than at the root end, and you should cut to follow this line.

Stage 9

Once the central core is removed, what remains is the best of the carrot.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Which you can then cut for use in your recipes.

Remarks

If you are using new or small carrots, there's no need to remove the central core as they will be tender right through.

If you read in a French chef's recipe "l'orange d'une carrotte" (the orange of a carrot), it means a carrot that's been peeled and rinsed, with its core removed.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	20 7 %	170 20 %	0	760 40 %	3,170 40 %
Per 100 g	0	8 1 %	0	40 2 %	150 2 %
Per carrots	1 1 %	10 1 %	0	60 3 %	260 3 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

How much will it cost?

For 12 carrots : 2.16 €
Per carrots : 0.18 €

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Carrot

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