Carrots with Yogurt and Dukkah

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Simple roasted carrots with orange, toasted almonds and spices. Serve with creamy yogurt for an easy, healthy side dish.

Well, down jackets have been washed, dried, and officially put away for the season – finally!  I don’t know if winters feel more brutal every year because they are actually getting colder, snowier and endlessly longer or that I’m finally realizing my destiny is to move back to Miami to sit on a lounge chair under swaying palm fronds and a light coating of perspiration.

I said “never again” to the latter, but now that I wrote those words it sounds kind of doable.

Living in the moment, however, I took myself to the Greenmarket in Union Square last Saturday. It was our first really glorious “hey, it’s sunny and 70!” day since some time last year.

The farmer’s markets near my town won’t open for another month, which made it a good day to experience New York City’s largest outdoor food market, open all year round.

It’s still a tiny bit early in the season for asparagus and strawberries, but a stand in the market, Norwich Meadows Farm, had a few interesting kinds of Japanese heirloom carrots.

I bought some that were colored red-rosy orange like an August sunset. They were small and gnarly, possibly wintered over, but still hard to resist.

I spent the rest of the day wandering around the city, and made a stop at a “yogurt lab” on the Lower East Side.  I left with a small container of thick, housemade strained yogurt made with Hudson Valley milk.

So, long story short, there was the inspiration for these roasted spiced carrots. The almond spice topping is based on dukkah, an Egyptian spice mix I might need to carry around everywhere I go from now on, in a little snuff box.

I riffed my version of the spice mix from Boston chef Ana Sortun, who in turn discovered it from Middle Eastern food historian Claudia Roden (whose Book of Middle Eastern Food is a classic).

I used almonds in place of the more traditional hazelnuts because that’s what I had on hand.

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Carrots with Yogurt and Dukkah

Karen Tedesco

Sweet, tangy roasted carrots with North African seasonings like fresh orange and spices.

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5 from 2 community reviews

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Vegetables

Cuisine Vegetarian

Servings 4 servings

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Ingredients

Almond Spice (Dukkah):

• ▢ ⅓ cup (50 g) whole raw almonds or hazelnuts
• ▢ ¼ cup (35 g) sesame seeds
• ▢ 1 tablespoon (15 g) coriander seeds
• ▢ 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• ▢ ½ teaspoon fine sea salt

Carrots:

• ▢ 1 pound (450 g) small carrots, with greens
• ▢ 2 tablespoons (30 g) extra virgin olive oil
• ▢ Juice of 1/2 an orange
• ▢ Sea salt
• ▢ ½ cup (100 g) Greek yogurt

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Instructions 

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place a small heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the almonds and heat until fragrant and lightly toasted, tossing frequently. Add the sesame seeds and heat until the seeds begin to pop. Transfer to a bowl. Add the coriander and cumin seeds to the same skillet and toast 3-5 minutes, just until fragrant. Add to the nuts along with the salt. Pound the mixture in a mortar to form fine, even crumbs, or chop in a spice grinder.
• Trim the carrots, reserving the green tops, and slice some in half lengthwise so that they’re all about the same thickness. Toss on a small rimmed baking sheet with olive oil, orange juice and generous pinch of salt. Roast until carrots are tender and browned on the tips, about 20 minutes.
• Wash a small handful of the carrot greens and chop. Stir the yogurt until smooth and creamy and spread over the bottom of a serving plate. Arrange the carrots on top of the yogurt. Sprinkle with the some of the spiced almonds and greens.

Karen’s Notes and Tips

• If your carrots don’t have greens attached, use a bit of chopped fresh cilantro or parsley or sprinkle with sprouted greens.
• You’ll probably end up with extra dukkah mixture, but the rest will keep in a covered container for a few weeks.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 381mg | Potassium: 560mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 18959IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 206mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutrition facts are calculated by third-party software. If you have specific dietary needs, please refer to your favorite calculator.

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