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Minted Carrots

"The sweet, minty sauce makes these carrots just a bit different. Even my husband, who says he doesn't like carrots, came back for seconds!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Carrot and mint match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 538 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

2 servings
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Bring a pan of boiling water to a boil, add the baby carrots, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes until just tender, then drain.

  2. While the carrots cook, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

  3. Stir in the brown sugar, honey and crushed dried mint, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes until the sugar dissolves and the mixture bubbles gently.

  4. Add the drained carrots to the skillet and toss to coat them in the glaze.

  5. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring often, until the carrots are glossy and lightly caramelized. Serve warm.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Carrot + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together538 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Butter + honeytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  3. Honey + minttop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together361 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Carrot + honeytop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together519 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Butter + sugartop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together98,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs