Caramelised carrots & onions

Caramelised carrots & onions

The perfect caramelised carrots to accompany any roast - try them alongside your Christmas turkey

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat, Super healthy

Method

  1. Blanch carrots in a pan of boiling salted water for 3 mins, drain well, then pat dry. In a large pan, melt the butter and oil, then fry the carrots, onions and thyme over a low heat for 30 mins until golden.
  2. Stir in the sugar and red wine and bubble for a few mins to boil off the alcohol. Add the vinegar, then continue to cook until syrupy, about 5 mins. Remove the sprigs of thyme and serve. Make up to 2 days ahead, stored in a covered container. Tip back into a pan and reheat or use a microwave.

Per serving

129 kcalories, protein 2.0g, carbohydrate 15.0g, fat 7.0 g, saturated fat 4.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 13.0g, salt 0.15 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2006.

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  • 27 December 2007

    Debra from Hull rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy - did them for Boxing day dinner. Would use recipe again.

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  • 01 January 2008

    Jacqui commented on this recipe

    Had these for christmas lunch after given the recipe by someone - perfect! Definitely do these again.

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  • 12 January 2008

    Meme rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is a lovely recipe. When we have a dinner party I make them the day before and then reheat.

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  • 12 February 2008

    Sajan commented on this recipe

    would put more carrot and less onion next time I make this, but it was very popular around the table.

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  • 30 March 2008

    Ellie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    delicious - have these for christmas dinner and the leftovers are lovely cold on boxing day...and i say all this even though i passed out after chopping my finger rather than the carrott - they must be good!

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  • 27 September 2008

    Elaine commented on this recipe

    I have made these today - stunning.

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  • 12 December 2008

    danf21 commented on this recipe

    Tried these tonight and was impressed, they've now been added to the Christmas lunch menu. Think I may add in some parsnips as well.

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  • 21 December 2008

    busymummy commented on this recipe

    can you freeze this and reheat?

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  • 29 December 2008

    Tracinda rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Since cooking this for my boyfriend ages ago, He asks for them now every time we have roast dinner! Also cooked them for christmas dinner with friends recently which went down a treat. A bit time consuming to cook, but well worth the effort!

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    02 February 2009

    bev rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    firm favourite good dinner party stand by

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  • 09 March 2009

    Anna Ayling rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum!

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  • 06 April 2009

    annemiek rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    served them as part of a veggie meal. great!

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  • 11 April 2009

    shoe2boot rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Highly Recommend This As A Prepare Ahead Veggie Dish. Lovely Flavours And Reheats Beautifully :o)

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  • Binder photo Ben

    08 October 2009

    Ben rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this at Christmas for the first time in 2007, and found that there was way too much onion compared to carrot. This Christmas I'll be using three onions instead of eight, and maybe a few more carrots to compensate. Lovely recipe though.

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  • 23 November 2009

    Kaz's Binder rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy and oh so tasty. Looking for some dishes for a special dinner, I made this and the creamed spinach and they were both divine. Definitely going on the dinner menu.

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  • 15 February 2010

    Claire100 rated this recipe

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  • 30 September 2010

    dotmonster rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made half the amount, but used twice the amount basalmic vinegar and they were amazing. even better cold the next day with home made sausage rolls and a watercress salad.

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    10 November 2010

    Sam rated this recipe

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  • 26 December 2010

    Evelyn rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    We had this as one of our Christmas dinner side dishes. It tasted great and I will definitely do this again, although next time I will reduce the proportion of onions and cut the onions up into smaller chunks as quarters were too big.

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  • 05 June 2011

    Felicityhm rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy and rediculously tasty!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat, Super healthy

Superhealthy, low fat

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129 kcalories, protein 2.0g, carbohydrate 15.0g, fat 7.0 g, saturated fat 4.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 13.0g, salt 0.15 g

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