Provençal braised carrots
Chunks of carrot (different coloured varieties here), braised in a vegetable stock with herbes de Provence and served on a bed of couscous.
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Last modified on: January 27th 2019
For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
1 kg 500 g carrot - 2
4 tablespoons olive oil - 3
2 tablespoons herbes de Provence - 4
1 bayleaf - 5
1 sprig rosemary - 6
1 litre Vegetable stock - 7
4 glasses couscous - 8
4 glasses water - 9
salt - 10
pepper - Total weight: 3,391 grams
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Measures:
How long does it take?
Time required
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 34 min. | 40 min. | 1 hour 14 min. |
Keeping:
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Cut into 1/2 inch (1 cm) chunks.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Put the carrot pieces into a bowl and add 4 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons herbes de Provence, salt and pepper.
Mix well.
Mix well.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Take the dish over to near the oven, then add vegetable stock to the level of the carrots.
Stage 6 - 40 min.
Cook for about 40 minutes, until the carrots are meltingly soft.
If, towards the end of cooking, the carrots are not yet soft and the liquid has dried up, add more stock and return to the oven for a while longer.
If, towards the end of cooking, the carrots are not yet soft and the liquid has dried up, add more stock and return to the oven for a while longer.
Stage 7 - 10 min.
Prepare the couscous using the instructions on the packet.
Stage 8
Serve the carrots on a bed of couscous.
Remarks
Mixing carrots of different colours makes the dish prettier, but does not affect the flavour, so is not essential.
You can use a poultry stock instead of the vegetable stock, which will give the carrots a more marked flavour.
You can use a poultry stock instead of the vegetable stock, which will give the carrots a more marked flavour.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 5.59 €
- Per person : 1.40 €
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Carrot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Seven-hour lamb, Thaï rice with small vegetables, Cured Pork Belly With Lentils, Blanquette of veal, Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", ... All |
 | Vegetable stock: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Light Broccoli Soup, Mexican-style pork medallions , Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Curried prawn risotto, Fisherman's Ragout, ... All |
| Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Scallops with green asparagus tips and parmesan, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Green parsley sauce, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, ... All |
| Couscous: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Couscous, ... All |
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