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Carrots with Honey

You can use any type of carrot for this dish: perfect bunching carrots in midsummer, Touchons in the fall, or large carrots to feed livestock in the winter. Use anything but the dreary, bagged mini carrots carved from larger, less valuable specimens (they have more in common with sea monkeys than food). It’s simple: if the carrots look shitty that day, buy spinach. If not, cook them up like this.

Ingredients

1/4 cup (60 ml) olive oil
1 bunch thyme
1 bay leaf
1 clove garlic, lightly crushed but whole
12 carrots, not too big, peeled
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons crunchy sea salt
Pepper
Grated pecorino cheese for dusting

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the oil, thyme, bay leaf, and garlic. When the oil is hot, add the carrots and cook, tossing often, for 7 to 9 minutes, or until tender.

    Step 2

    When the taste test is conclusive, add the honey, coat the carrots, and transfer to a serving dish. Sprinkle the sea salt evenly on the carrots, making sure it sticks to the honey. Lastly, add a couple of cranks of pepper and some pecorino.

Cookbook cover of The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts by Frédéric Morin, David McMillan, and Meredith Erickson.
Reprinted with permission from The Art of Living According to Joe Beef by Frédéric Morin, David McMillan & Meredith Erickson, copyright © 2011. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc.
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