I love the simplicity of this recipe. Carrots are roasted until tender and then topped with a creamy tahini, garlic and lemon sauce and sprinkled with fresh chopped mint and crunchy roasted hazelnuts. These carrots are absolutely bursting with flavour, sweet, nutty, creamy, acidic, and refreshingly minty, they really have it all!


Not only is this dish packed full of flavour, it’s also beautiful! I love how well this dish showcases the vibrant colours of the heirloom carrots, but don’t stress if you can’t find any, regular orange carrots work just as well.


This dish is incredibly versatile. It can be served warm or cold and as a salad or side dish. I have made this a few times and chopped the leftovers up into chunks the following day and eaten it on a bed of lettuce with extra tahini sauce as a dressing, it makes for a delicious packed lunch!


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Roasted Carrots with Mint & Tahini Sauce

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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Course Dairy Free, Grain/Gluten Free, Paleo, Refined Sugar Free, Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal, Vegan, Whole30
Servings 3 -4

Ingredients
  

  • 10-12 carrots
  • 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup tahini
  • 1 clove garlic crushed
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup mint roughly chopped
  • 1/2 tbsp honey (Sub for 1 tbsp Orange Juice if Whole30)
  • 3 tbsp water
  • 2/3 cup hazelnuts toasted and roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp mint chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (390 degrees Fahrenheit)
  • Wash the carrots and place on a baking sheet. Toss with olive oil and salt and then bake for 15-20 minutes. The carrots may require a longer cooking time depending on their thickness so test by pricking with a fork, they should be cooked through but still slightly firm.
  • While the carrots are roasting, make the sauce. Combine the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, mint, water and honey in a blender or food processor and blend well combined. You may need to add in more water if the the sauce is too thick.
  • Once the carrots are cooked, remove from the oven and arrange on a serving plate, drizzle with the sauce and top with the chopped mint and hazelnuts. Serve

Notes

*omit if Whole30