Recipes: Cooked Carrots with Orange

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Here’s a healthy, quick and easy recipe to make to accompany your dishes. Who said side dishes have to be bland? These melting and fragrant carrots are cooked with orange and saffron.

Ingredients list for cooked carrots with orange

For 3-4 persons

• 8 Beautiful carrots
• Juice of one orange
• 1 glass of water (200ml)
• Saffron pistils (not the powder)
• Salt
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil

Cooking instructions

1. Peel the carrots and cut them into regular sticks.
2. Press the orange. In a large pan, heat the teaspoon of oil, add the carrots, mix well.
3. Add orange juice and a glass of water. Sprinkle saffron, cover and cook over low heat about 40 minutes. Carrots should be soft.