Le Cordon Bleu

Vichy carrots

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      35 min

Appears in
Vegetables: Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection
Vegetables

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

  • About

The water used for cooking this dish should really be Vichy water, a natural and healthy mineral water from the springs at Vichy in France. These carrots are a colourful accompaniment to veal and chicken dishes.

Ingredients

  • 600 g (1¼ lb) carrots
  • 30 g (1

Method

  1. Peel the carrots, slice thinly and put in a pan with enough water to barely cover. Add a pinch of salt as well as the sugar and butter and cover with a paper lid made from a round of greaseproof paper (see Chef’s tips).
  2. Cook over high heat until almost all the water has evaporated, leaving a syrupy reduction. The carrots sho