Carrots
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut off the green tops of the carrots, wash, and scrape them.
If large, cut them in half and then into quarters lengthwise.
Boil and serve
Bring the salted water to a boil and add the carrots.
Boil until tender, checking with a fork.
Serve very hot.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Carrots
- Provide the main vegetable; boiling softens their fibrous structure until tender.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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