Caramelized Baked Carrots Your guests will be amazed by this easy-to-make side dish!

Caramelized Baked Carrots Your guests will be amazed by this easy-to-make side dish!

Tired of plain carrots? Transform this classic into an irresistible side dish! With this special recipe, your carrots will come out of the oven caramelized and full of flavor, surprising everyone. Find out how to prepare this delicious dish right now.

Ingredients for 4 people:

Cooking the carrots:

400 g carrots

olive oil

3 cloves of garlic

1 aromatic bouquet garni (or 2 bay leaves)

salt

pepper

For the sauce:

2 clementines

25 g soft butter

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

salt

pepper

Utensils needed:

Knife

Oven-safe dish

Cutting boards

Wooden spoons

Aluminum foil

Step-by-step preparation:

Preparation and heating

Preheat the oven to 180°C and wash the carrots.

Create the accordion effect (Hasselback technique)

To create the accordion effect, place 1 carrot between 2 boards (or 2 wooden spoons, for example). Make thin, parallel cuts. Note that the layers will still be stuck together because they were not cut all the way through. Do the same with the remaining carrots.

Prepare the baking dish

Grease the baking dish and then add the carrots, garlic, aromatic bouquet garni (or 2 bay leaves), salt and pepper.

Bake in the oven

Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour. Remove the foil, stir and cook without aluminum foil for another 20 minutes.

Prepare the sauce

Zest the clementines, extract the juice and melt the butter. Mix the zest, juice, butter, honey and vinegar in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper and stir to combine.

Finish

Pour the sauce over the carrots and bake for another 15 minutes, until golden brown. And that's it!