Mashed carrots is a dish prepared by cooking and then mashing carrots. Milk, butter, salt and pepper are commonly mixed in after the carrots are mashed. Carrots can also be roasted in the oven before mashing. Other mashed vegetables may be added to the mashed carrots. These include onions, parsnips, turnips, squash, and rutabaga. Mashed potatoes may be mashed along with mashed carrots.
Ingredients The main ingredients are:
cooked carrots butter salt pepper
Herbs, spices and other ingredients are often added: chili powder curry powder onion powder dried thyme dried sage chicken stock lemon juice parsley cilantro garlic sugar cream lemon juice honey cinnamon ginger orange zest orange liqueur nutmeg
Preparation To create mashed carrots, the carrots are washed and cut into a uniform size and boiled, steamed or roasted. The cooked carrots then can be mashed in a food processor or by hand with a potato masher. In addition, canned carrots can be used to prepare mashed carrots. Mashed carrots are served hot.
Culinary uses Mashed carrots may be served as a side dish. They are a major ingredient in carrot muffins, carrot cookies and carrot souffle. Mashed carrots are used in the home for baby food and in commercially prepared 'baby' food.
See also
List of carrot dishes Mashed potatoes Mashed pumpkin
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