This root vegetable typically comes in orange but purple, black, red, white, and yellow can be found, too. Carrots are used in every cuisine and are integral to creating the aromatic mirepoix, a beginning for so many soups and stews. Boil, steam, roast, stir-fry, puree, or use raw in salads, slaws, summer rolls, and juices. Carrots love everything in the fridge and pantry.
Our vegetables are polyamorous, flitting from love affair to love affair.
However, they do marry well with the ingredients below.
Avocado, coconut, hazelnut, olive, peanut, safflower, toasted sesame seed, sunflower seed, walnut
Unsalted butter, unsalted cultured (European-style) butter, clarified butter, ghee, Ethiopian spiced butter
Onion, shallot, leek, scallions, garlic, celery, celeriac, fennel, parsnip
Artichoke, Asian greens, asparagus, shelling beans, snap beans, beets, broccoli, broccoli rabe, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, collards, corn, cucumber, eggplant, fava beans, fennel bulb, Jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi, mushrooms, okra, parsnip, peas, snow peas, potato, rutabaga, spinach, summer squash, sweet bell pepper, Swiss chard, tomato, turnip
Amaranth greens (en choy), bok choy, Chinese broccoli (gai lon), Chinese (Napa) cabbage, dwarf bok choy, komatsuma, Malabar spinach, methi (fenugreek leaves), mizuna, mustard greens, pea shoots, Shanghai bok choy, shungiku, tatsoi
Anise hyssop, basil, bay leaf, borage, chervil, chives, cilantro, dill, fennel, garlic chives, hyssop, lavender, lovage, makrut lime leaf, marjoram, mint, mitsuba, nepitella, oregano, parsley, rau ram, rosemary, sage, salad burnet, shiso, sorrel, summer savory, tarragon, thyme, winter savory, za’atar
Cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios
Ajwain, allspice, caraway seeds, cardamom, Chinese five spice powder, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, curry powder, dill seeds, dry mustard, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, ground dried ginger, juniper berry, mustard seeds, nigella seeds, nutmeg, black peppercorns, white peppercorns, star anise, sumac, turmeric
Bourbon, brandy, cognac, whiskey
Citrus: Lemon, lime, makrut lime, key lime, orange, tangerine, Meyer lemon, yuzu, preserved lemons
Vinegars: Balsamic, Champagne, Chinkiang, cider, rice, rice wine, Shanxi, sherry, Sichuan Pepper, white wine, herb vinegars, fruit vinegars
Herbs: Galangal, ginger, young ginger, horseradish, lemongrass
Specialties: Capers, pomegranate molasses, sumac
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