To Boil Carrots
Ingredients
Directions
Scrape and clean the carrots.
If the carrots are large, cut them into two or four pieces.
Place them in boiling water with salt.
Boil for 2 to 3 hours; young carrots will require 1 hour.
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
- Soften as they cook, becoming tender throughout while keeping their own mild, natural sweetness.
The step that matters
Cutting the carrots to a consistent size. Pieces of similar size cook at the same rate. Uneven pieces mean some turn mushy while others stay firm, so cut large carrots into even portions before boiling.
“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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