Baked Carrots With Caramelized Onions Recipes

CARAMELISED CARROTS & ONIONS

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.

OVEN-ROASTED CARROTS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a half sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Whisk oil, vinegar, parsley, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper together in a bowl with a fork. Add carrots and turn to coat. Pour carrots onto the prepared sheet pan and nestle onions and garlic between them. Drizzle any remaining oil over the onions using a spatula.
• Bake in the preheated oven until vegetables are soft and cooked through, turning after about 25 minutes, about 45 minutes total.

BAKED CARROTS WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Grease the bottom and sides of a covered casserole dish with 1 tablespoon of butter and set aside.
• Melt the other tablespoon of butter in a skillet and slowly cook the onions, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and tender.
• Preheat oven to 180C/350°F.
• While the onions cook, peel and THINLY slice the carrots and put them into the buttered casserole dish. The slices should be about the thickness of a nickel (or a pound coin in the UK). If they are too thick, they will take longer than noted to cook.
• When the onions are cooked, add them to the carrots and mix them around a bit.
• In a small bowl, combine the orange juice, honey, paprika, garlic powder, dill, cayenne (if using), melted butter, salt and pepper.
• Pour this mixture over the carrots, cover and bake for one hour. Remove from oven and test to see that carrots are firm but tender. If need be, return to oven and cook an additional 5-15 minutes.
• Enjoy now because I can almost guarantee that you won't have any leftovers!

SALMON WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Steam carrots in micro for 2 minutes. Drain.
• In large skillet that can be covered, heat oil and butter over medium heat until hot. Add onions, carrots and garlic. Saute vegetables until they begin to brown, but not burn! Add 1/4 cup white wine.
• Place salmon filets on top of vegetables and sprinkle with salt, pepper and dill weed.
• Cover skillet and steam salmon approx 15 minutes or until flaky. Remove salmon to platter and pour vegetables and juice over all.

CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND CARROTS - WW POINTS = 1

Steps:

• Heat the oil in large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, just until softened, about 2 minutes. Add 3/4 cup of the water and cook, stirring occasionally, until the water evaporates, 5-6 minutes.
• Add the carrots, sugar and thyme; reduce the heat and cook until the onions are golden, about 6 minutes. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of water, salt and pepper; cook until the vegetables are crisp-tender, about 3 minutes.
• If making ahead, let cool; freeze in an airtight container up to 1 month. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Cook in a skillet with 1/3 cup water until hot and the water evaporates.

SIMPLE ROASTED CARROTS & ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Peel carrots and onions. Cut onions in quarters, leaving root ends in tact, so that they hold the quarters together. Cut carrots into 2 - 3" pieces, and if the carrots are really fat, cut them lengthwise into halvves or quarters. (You can adjust the quanitities of everything -- it's just that the program here wants specifics.).
• Put them onto a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan and drizzle with olive oil and salt and mix them with your hands so that they are lightly coated. The pan does really matter here -- if you use something with sides, they steam rather than roast.
• Roast for 15 minutes, turn and roast for 15 - 30 minutes more. At this point, they should be cooked, but they can go longer if they're not done. they should be crisp/tender (if they go longer, they get soft, which I'm starting to like, too) and have browned spots on them.