Carrot recipes
Packed full vitamins and anti-oxidants, carrots are unbelievably good for you. Eat them simply with butter, glazed in honey or use in cakes, soups and juices.
Here are some of our favourite recipes featuring the humble carrot.
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Dips
Three-layer dip
Our three-layer smoky carrot, feta and chermoula houmous dip is built for sharing. Serve it as the easy centrepiece at your next party.
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Steamed carrots with spring onion and chive butter
Toss steamed carrots in a punchy spring onion and chive butter and sprinkle with toasted seeds for an easy side dish bursting with flavour.
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Ottolenghi’s roasted carrots with curry leaf dukkah
These roasted carrots with curry leaf dukkah from the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen are the perfect side dish for Easter lunch or a springtime roast.
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Best-ever side dishes
Sri Lankan kale and carrot mallung
Mallung is a popular side dish in Sri Lanka. This quick stir-fry of carrots, kale, coconut, chilli and spices is served alongside curries.
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Vichy carrots
Have you tried vichy carrots? This classic French technique is our favourite way to cook carrots. Star anise, thyme and lemon add flavour.
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Roast carrots with floral spiced butter
Roast carrots are drizzled with a delicious butter infused with a floral spice blend, bringing out the vegetable's naturally sweet notes.
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Pickled recipes
Achar (spicy pickled vegetables)
Shu Han Lee shares a family recipe for achar. Once you've tried this incredible, addictive spicy pickle, you'll be eating it with everything.
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Roast carrots with shatta butter
Ravinder Bhogal gives classic roast carrots a Middle Eastern twist in this side dish recipe, serving them with pistachios and shatta butter.
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Carrot cakes
Best of the best carrot cake
Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.
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Mandarin-dressed roots
Served on a bed of yogurt and scattered with mint, this root vegetable side dish goes brilliantly with roast chicken, pork or white fish.
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Orange and honey-roast carrots and parsnips
Carrots and parsnips are a key part of a roast dinner because they add colour and sweetness – especially with a good drizzle of honey.
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Cabbages
Smoky kale and carrot sauerkraut
Kale and carrots give cabbage sauerkraut extra vibrancy and flavour. If you’re new to fermenting, this recipe is a great place to start.
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Lentils
Parsnip, carrot and red lentil dal
Sweet carrot and parsnip give a twist on coconut dal in this simple vegan supper. Add thin slivers of veg to the tarka for a crispy topping.
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Carrot cakes
Manon Lagrève’s carrot cake
Manon Lagrève puts a French twist on a classic Anglo-American bake in this spiced carrot cake recipe from the Bake Off alumni.
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Jewish recipes
Tzimmes
Tzimmes is a Ashkenazi Jewish side dish of stewed fruit and root vegetables that's traditionally served on Rosh Hashanah.
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Egg-free baking
Vegan carrot cake
This airy vegan carrot cake gets a lift from flaxseed. Topped with luscious coconut yogurt icing, it's every bit a match for regular versions.
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