Great Plates: Honey and Ghee Roasted Carrots

This winter side dish rich with flavor pairs well with Veda Sankaran’s beautifully seasoned New Year’s Day Pork and Sauerkraut. Photography by Dave Bryce.

Our wonderful recipe creator, chef, and food stylist Veda Sankaran channeled our “buy fresh, buy local” passion into a New Year’s Day feast of flavor. Her simple ghee-honey-and-turmeric recipe for roasted carrots pairs well with any winter meal. Turmeric is a great health booster, so it’s perfect for turning over the proverbial new leaf in 2022. The carrots are from Harvie farms. harvie.farm

Turmeric Honey Ghee Roasted Carrots

Ingredients

1 lb carrots, washed and dried

1 tbsp olive oil

Salt

Pepper

1 tbsp ghee, melted

2 tbsp honey

½ tsp turmeric

A few pinches of salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Place the washed and dried carrots on the baking sheet, drizzle on the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Use your hands to rub the oil and seasonings on all sides of the carrots.

Place the carrots in the oven for 10 minutes, flip over carrots, and roast for another 10 minutes.

While the carrots are roasting, stir together the melted ghee, honey, turmeric, and salt. When the carrots have roasted for 20 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven, pour on the seasoned ghee, and roast for an additional 2-3 minutes. Drizzle on more honey for sweeter carrots.

Round out for New Year’s Day feast with these innovative dishes from Veda Sankaran:

Soba Noodles in Vindaloo Sauce

Devils on Horseback and other great dips and starters

Meatballs in Cranberry Gochujang Sauce

Oven-Braised Pork and Sauerkraut

Recipes by Veda Sankaran / Photography by Dave Bryce / Styling by Keith Recker / Ceramics by Billy Ritter / With Support from Buy Fresh, Buy Local of Western Pennsylvania and PA Preferred