Carrots

[sponsmith]

How long do i roast carrots for?

[Ethel]

About 20 minutes at 200 degrees.

[nickmo]

And 45 ideas here: http://www.astray.com/recipes/?search=roast+carrots

I think the best way is in orange juice and either brown sugar or honey. Wrecks the dish as the sugars 'set' round the edge but the flavour is great

[sponsmith]

Thanks for that. If i put tin foil on the tray will they stick to the foil?

[nickmo]

Hi Sponsmith - you should find they won't stick if you oil the foil thoroughly. You could give them a turn half way through - depends though if you leave them for too long, the natural sugars in the carrot will caramalise and this will certainly stick.

Plain roasted only need 15 - 20 mins as suggested by ethel but a honey roasts version can take 40 mins without spoiling. If you do them in orange juice and honey, use a glass or ceramic casserole dish, but this is more of a baked variety - and as I noted the sugars will burn to the dish as the juice evoporates as part of the cooking process, but you do get a really good, sweet flavoured veg from it - just get someone else to do the washing up....

Incidentally if you roast veg often, try some non stick spray for the tin - or use a non stick baking paper - or of course just do them in a non stick tin..

[heathfield]

Sugar (and orange juice) brings out the flavour in carrots. So if you're simply boiling carrots, add a large pinch of sugar to the water instead of salt, and taste the difference.