Maple Dijon roasted carrots

 

I dug up our last carrots to be used in this colourful and simple recipe that I had saved on Pinterest a long time ago. The creator of this side dish is closetcooking.com and the dish really requires no effort at all; the succulent secret lies in the glaze, consisting of maple syrup, oil, grainy mustard, Dijon mustard, miso paste, rice vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and parsley. Just line up your carrots and cover them with the lovely glaze before the oven session. Easy as pie!

You need:

1 kg carrots (preferably young and quite thin), well scrubbed or peeled

For the glaze:

2 tablespoons oil

2 tablespoons maple syrup

1/2 tablespoon grainy mustard

1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1/2 teaspoon white miso paste (I used red)

1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar

2 teaspoons soy sauce/tamari

1 clove garlic, grated

1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

P.S. I doubled the amount of glaze, as that is the actual star of this dish and gives a lot of yummy flavour to the carrots.

Directions: Toss the carrots in half of the mixture, then arrange them in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven (200C/400F) until tender and lightly golden brown, about 20-30 minutes, turning half way through, before tossing them in the remaining glaze before serving.