Glazed Carrots ( 4 servings)
- Carrots ———— One Pound
- Butter ———— 2 oz. OR 56.7 grams (vegan butter or margarine can be substituted)
- Sugar ———— 1 oz. (brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, artificial sweetener can be substituted)
- Salt & Pepper —— to your taste
PROCEDURE
1) Peel carrots and cut them into even sized stick about 2inch long. Have a boiling pot of salted water and a bowl of ice cold water.
2) Put all carrots into boiling water and cook just until tender but firm.Do not overcook! Take the carrots only and plunge them in ice-water. This gives the carrots a nice bright orange colour. After 3minutes, place carrots in bowl and season with pepper and set aside (salt if necessary to your taste)
3) In a saucepan at very low heat, add butter and sugar and 4 tablespoon of water. If using something else aside from butter. Just adjust the measurements to make a nice syrupy mixture.
4) While on stove top. Toss in the carrots in this syrup and nicely coat them. And its done! You can sprinkle chopped cilantro or parsley or basil on top after.