Kristen Caramelizes Carrots in... Cream?

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If you're cooking along, here's the recipe we're making today. Go ahead and grab the ingredients below (Kristen starts listing them at 1:58) before  starting the episode.

Caramelized Cream Carrots

• Carrots (as many as you want to eat; Kristen uses 2 large)
• Heavy cream (enough to coat the bottom of your pan; Kristen used about 1 cup)
• Salt (to taste)

"The question today was what if we cooked carrots in a touch of cream? They should first steam and then caramelize in the cream as it transfoms into brown butter. We would eliminate a par cooking step and keep all the flavor in the vegetable. It turns out that the idea works like a charm. I put the carrots, cream and salt into a pan. I covered the pan and cooked the carrots on medium high. When I heard sizzling I removed the lid and stirred the carrots in the reduced and almost broken cream. I continued to cook the carrots turning them in the fat and coating them in the caramelizing milk solids. The cream became a flavorful browned butter. The carrots are tender with a light bite. The caramelized milk solids add a richness.

The next questions we ask: what can be the carrots and what flavors can we add to our cream?"

Excerpted from  Alex Talbot and Aki Kamozawa's Ideas in Food.

Kristen will be back with a new genius recipe and podcast next week, but hey—let us know how these carrots turned out by emailing [email protected].