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Oven-Roasted Beets and Carrots with Fresh Mint
Preparation info
- Serves
4
- Difficulty
Complex
Appears in
This recipe, too, is rooted in the Mediterranean. You can roast the vegetables while the meat is cooking. Doneness of the vegetables, not the temperature of the oven, is what’s important here.
Ingredients
4 4 - Olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Scrub the carrots and beets well and place them in a roasting pan. Drizzle a little oil over the vegetables and season them with salt and pepper. Toss well, then place in a warm to moderate oven. Roast until the vegetables just barely give to the touch, or until they are cooked al dente; the beets will probably take longer than the carrots. If you are cooking the vegetables at 250°F with