Sevillian Marinated Carrots

Spanish tapas bars can become legendary among locals for even the humblest of things—a great potato omelet, extra-fat caper berries. Las Golondrinas, a crammed, tiled institution in Seville’s evocative Triana quarter, is a case in point. Its menu is varied, but the wall-to-wall crowds that gather there each evening all demand one thing: marinated carrots. Spiced in the Moorish manner with cumin and loads of garlic and swimming in a tangy puddle of lemon juice and aromatic olive oil, the car