Caramelised Carrots & Onions
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 500 g carrots, peeled and cut into long chunks
- 50 g butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 red onions, peeled and quartered with root intact
- 3 sprigs thyme
- 1 tablespoon soft brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons red wine
- 1 tablespoon good-quality balsamic vinegar
directions
- Blanch carrots in a pan of boiling salted water for 3 mins, drain well and pat dry.
- In a large pan, melt the butter and oil.
- 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; continue to cook until syrupy, about 5 minutes
- 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.
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5 stars - perfect, will make again without any changes.
4 stars - Liked it, will make again again but with changes.
3 stars - had to make major changes but got it to work.
2 stars - had to make major changes and it didn't work.
1 star - went terribly, a waste of time and ingredients, I cried, BF cried the cats cried you get the picture...