Glazed carrots with orange and thyme
Prep time: 20 minsTotal time: 
Glazed carrots with orange and thyme
Prep time: 20 minsTotal time: 
Sainsbury's magazine
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Ingredients
- 1.5kg carrots, peeled and sliced on the diagonal
- zest and juice of 1 large orange
- 25g caster sugar
- 50g butter
- a few sprigs of lemon or regular thyme
Step by step
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Put the carrots in a large pan of boiling salted water and cook them until almost tender. Mix the orange zest and juice, sugar and butter together in a bowl with some seasoning.
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Drain the carrots and return them to the pan. Add the orange butter to the carrots, along with the lemon thyme. Stir over a low heat until the carrots are glazed and heated through. Serve.
Recipe photograph by Dan Jones
