Apricot Carrots

Submitted by Maryland Jim

"I needed a side dish and had a bag of mini-carrots. Found this recipe in the 1998 TOH book. This really hit the spot!"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb carrot, sliced
• 1⁄4 cup apricot preserves
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

directions

1. Place carrots in a saucepan with enought water to cover; bring to a boil. Cover and cook for 8 minutes or until crisp tender; drain.
2. Add remaining ingredients; cook and stir over medium heat for 3 minutes or until preserves are melted and carrots are coated.

Reviews

[Dawn F.]

Really simple and tasty way to make carrots. This will be my new go to recipe for carrots when I want to change up my menu choices. Made for your 2013 Superbowl win.

 

[K9 Owned]

Five stars for such an easy and tasty carrot dish! It was a perfect accompanyment for recipe #321104 and recipe #340342 I expect that I will be making carrots this way many, many more times. I was not careful with my measurements and made enough for 2. I used all of the apricot preserve but would scale it back next time to the more appropriate 1/8 cup. Made on behalf of the Looney Spoon Phoodies ~ ZWT6

 

[Darkhunter]

I have been learning to eat carrots more this last year, as they have never been one of my favorite veggies, but this can, definitely, be entered into my “But I'm Eating More Carrots, Julie� cookbook. Thnx for sharing your recipe, Jim. Made for a fellow Vagabond during ZWT 6.

 

[HokiesMom]

Very nice side dish Jim. I chunked up whole carrots in place of the "baby carrots" but that was the only change. The slight taste of nutmeg and orange is wonderful with the carrots. A nice change of pace from the other way I make a side dish of carrots. Made for your win in the Football Pool Week 1 of 2009! Congrats!

 

[AZPARZYCH]

These were great! I usually only have cooked carrots when I make roast because plain they aren't good, but with this sauce I will be making more carrots. Next time I will steam then rather than boil so they are more done, we like then completely soft.