Monday, February 22, 2016

Oregano Carrots

By: The Food Hunter

This dish is inspired by an antipasto on the menu of a favorite Philly restaurant; Pesto. Fresh carrot coins are boiled and left to marinate in a balsamic vinaigrette, laden with oregano & fresh garlic. These carrots are delicious served with Italian bread for swabbing up the marinade.



Oregano Carrots
(printable recipe)
1 lb carrots, peeled & cut into 1/4 slices
4 tbs balsamic vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 tbs olive oil
salt
pepper
dried oregano

Boil carrots in a large pot of water until tender about 7-9 mins. Strain carrots and while still warm mix with the remaining ingredients. Adjust as needed according to your taste. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Taste again and add more oregano or vinegar as needed.

33 comments:

  1. Sounds delicious! I love carrots. Even better with balsamic and herbs!

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  2. Wonderful side dish! Cannot wait to try it!

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  3. This looks fantastic. I love carrots and am always trying to find new things to do with them. Can't wait to try this!

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  4. I used to hate cooked carrots but once I realized that with flavoring and cooking them al dente how good they were I'm all over them now! Yum!

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  5. Love oregano and carrots, great combo!

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  6. This sounds great! I always love the tang of vinegar on veggies, and I don't have many carrot recipes, so thank you!

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  7. I could make a meal out of those. I adore carrots and herbs.

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  8. I love anything that requires Italian bread to sop up the sauce.

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  9. i could see this soaking up crusty bread alongside red wine. yum yum yum

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  10. I'm a sucker for easy and tasty recipes like this. We eat carrots every day so this is a perfect recipe for us to try :)

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  11. Wow. That sounds so easy. I love restaurant inspired dishes like this, and I especially love cold cooked carrots -- so I can't wait to try this!

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  12. Love carrots in any shape or flavour, so this is right up my street!

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  13. I would love to make this. This is potentially so much flavour for so little effort. I am glad I got around to this. :)

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  14. So easy peasy! I could eat the whole bowl...and then probably end up with a slight orange glow :D

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  15. When I was a child, I absolutely loved canned carrots. They were so sweet and soft and the coin shape made them even more fun to eat. Today, I no longer eat carrots from a can, nor feed them to my children, but these look like a wonderful (more grown-up) version of carrot coins that I'd be happy to try.

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  16. Oh, I love the sound of eating this with Italian bread - sounds delicious!

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  17. My god-daughter loves carrots! I've got to make these for her!

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  18. I love carrots and these look great! Thanks for sharing!

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  19. Oh wow these sounds so delicious. I have just baked a lovely fresh baguette and I could really do with some of these carrots to eat it with!

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  20. I've been having a thing for cooked carrots lately. Adding oregano and balsamic vinegar is a new twist that I'll have to try. Thanks for the recipe.

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  21. Mmm, balsamic and carrots sounds great!

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  22. I'm pinning this for later, perfect side dish!

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  23. What a different take on carrots, so interesting!

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  24. Wow this sounds great! Such a twist , sounds delicious!

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  25. Kindly name the ingredients in Hindi as well within brackets . Thanks . shivcharan

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