Provençal braised carrots
Chunks of carrot (different coloured varieties here), braised in a vegetable stock with herbes de Provence and served on a bed of couscous.
55K 11 2.8
Last modified on: January 27th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 people, you will need:
- 1
750 ml carrot - 2
2 tablespoons olive oil - 3
1 tablespoon herbes de Provence - 4
½ bayleaf - 5
½ sprig rosemary - 6
500 ml Vegetable stock - 7
2 glasses couscous - 8
2 glasses water - 9
salt - 10
pepper
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 34 min. | 40 min. | 1 hour 14 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Cut into 1/2 inch (1 cm) chunks.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Put the carrot pieces into a bowl and add 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon herbes de Provence, salt and pepper.
Mix well.
Mix well.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Take the dish over to near the oven, then add vegetable stock to the level of the carrots.
Stage 6 - 40 min.
Cook for about 40 minutes, until the carrots are meltingly soft.
If, towards the end of cooking, the carrots are not yet soft and the liquid has dried up, add more stock and return to the oven for a while longer.
If, towards the end of cooking, the carrots are not yet soft and the liquid has dried up, add more stock and return to the oven for a while longer.
Stage 7 - 10 min.
Prepare the couscous using the instructions on the packet.
Stage 8
Serve the carrots on a bed of couscous.
Remarks
Mixing carrots of different colours makes the dish prettier, but does not affect the flavour, so is not essential.
You can use a poultry stock instead of the vegetable stock, which will give the carrots a more marked flavour.
You can use a poultry stock instead of the vegetable stock, which will give the carrots a more marked flavour.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 873 Kcal or 3,655 Kj | 14 gr | 116 gr | 36 gr |
| 44 % | 5 % | 11 % | 5 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 51 Kcal or 214 Kj | 1 gr | 7 gr | 2 gr |
| 3 % | <1 % | 1 % | <1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 436 Kcal or 1,825 Kj | 7 gr | 58 gr | 18 gr |
| 22 % | 3 % | 5 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 people : 2.39 £
- Per person : 1.20 £
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Carrot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Winegrowers' sausage casserole, Chorba, ... All |
 | Vegetable stock: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pork Chops Champvallon style, Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, Pork medallions with "full" turnips, Endive and beer soup, Sausages with baked beans, French style, ... All |
 | Couscous: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tabbouleh, Couscous, Gnocchi alla romana, ... All |
 | Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Italian Meringue, Vietnamese prawns, Raisin breads (pains aux raisins), How to fry eggs well, Caramel semolina pudding with raisins, ... All |
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