How to prepare carrots

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How to prepare carrots
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For 4 carrots, you will need:

Times:

Preparation
14 min.

Step by step recipe

1There's no need to wash the carrots to start with.How to prepare carrots : etape 25
2Peel 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.How to prepare carrots : etape 25
3Peel away all marks on the surface completely.How to prepare carrots : etape 25
4Cut off the top (a good centimetre or ½").How to prepare carrots : etape 25
5Then the bottom.How to prepare carrots : etape 25
6Rinse and dry on a cloth.

Your carrots are now ready to be grated or sliced for example.
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7If 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.
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8Lie 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.
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9Once the central core is removed, what remains is the best of the carrot.How to prepare carrots : etape 25
10Which you can then cut for use in your recipes.How to prepare carrots : etape 25

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.
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