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
Keywords for this recipe:For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
4 litres 500 ml carrot - 2
12 tablespoons olive oil - 3
6 tablespoons herbes de Provence - 4
3 bayleaves - 5
3 sprigs rosemary - 6
3000 ml Vegetable stock - 7
12 glasses couscous - 8
12 glasses water - 9
salt - 10
pepper
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 34 min. | 40 min. | 1 hour 14 min. |
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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 12 tablespoons olive oil, 6 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.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 4,515 Kcal or 18,903 Kj | 83 gr | 634 gr | 185 gr |
| 226 % | 32 % | 60 % | 28 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 63 Kcal or 264 Kj | 1 gr | 9 gr | 3 gr |
| 3 % | <1 % | 1 % | <1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 376 Kcal or 1,574 Kj | 7 gr | 53 gr | 15 gr |
| 19 % | 3 % | 5 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 14.46 €
- Per person : 1.21 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Carrot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs with mayonnaise, Confit of carrots with bacon, Coleslaw, Veal Chop With Assortment of Vegetables, Chorba, ... All |
 | Vegetable stock: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pea risotto "Mantecare", Foie gras Chantilly , Curried prawn risotto, Pork medallions with "full" turnips, Stuffed cabbage leaves, ... All |
 | Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Kale and potato soup, Cornmeal baps for Anne, Bacon rolls, Chicken nems, Poaching syrup, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Marinated tuna and cabbage, Home-made chilli oil, Grilled ham and bechamel sandwiches, Sliced chicken with mushrooms and broccoli, French-style peas, ... All |
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