Baby Carrots with Truffle Vinaigrette

Baby carrots with truffle vinaigrette

Love your Roots

Carrots: the crunchy and colourful root whose name derives from the Greek word “karoton”. You see, “kar” comes from the word “keras”, and it was used to describe anything that had a horn-like shape!

Baby carrots with truffle vinaigrette

The combination of baby carrots with truffle oil and Pecorino cheese is a delicious appetizer or side dish that I like to serve beside a main course such as poultry, game or beef.

Baby carrots with truffle vinaigrette

Baby Carrots with Truffle Vinaigrette

Ingredients

For the vinaigrette:

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1½ tablespoons lemon juice, fresh

2 tablespoons olive oil

1½ tablespoons truffle oil

1 kg baby carrots, trimmed and scrubbed

80 g Pecorino  cheese, shaved

20 g parsley leaves, coarsely chopped

2 tablespoons hazelnuts, coarsely chopped

coarse sea salt, to taste

black pepper, freshly ground, to taste

Method

1. For the vinaigrette: Place the mustard and lemon juice, olive and truffle oil in a small bowl with a ½ teaspoon of salt. Whisk together until combined.

2. For the carrots: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the carrots, and cook for 4 minutes, until just cooked but still retaining a bite.

3. Rinse the carrots briefly under cold water and set aside to drain before transferring to a serving plate.

4. Over the top of the carrots, sprinkle the cheese, parsley, hazelnuts, coarse sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

5. Pour the vinaigrette over all and serve.

Serves 4 to 6