Brown Sugar Spice Glazed Turkey With Candied Carrots Food

BROWN SUGAR & SPICE-GLAZED TURKEY WITH CANDIED CARROTS

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients for the spice mix together. For the dry seasoning, mix 2 tbsp sea salt with the sugar and half the spice mix. Sit the turkey in a roasting tin and gently push your fingers under the skin, starting from the neck, until you can push your whole hand down the length of the breast. Season the bird all over with the dry seasoning, inside and out, and under the skin. Leave in the tin, breast-side up, and put in the fridge for at least 1 hr, or up to two days. If it doesn't come into contact with anything else, leave it uncovered - this will dry out the skin and make it crispier.
• Put the remaining spice mix and the baste ingredients in a saucepan and heat until the sugar has melted, then set aside. Remove the turkey from the fridge an hour before cooking. Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Work out the cooking time based on 40 mins per kg. A turkey this size should take 3½ hrs, plus 30-45 mins resting. Smear the turkey all over with the butter and put the herbs in the cavity. Loosely cover with foil and roast for the calculated time. After 30 mins, pour over the spiced baste, then baste again every 30 mins. With 1 hr remaining, remove the foil. Put the carrots in the tin, stir to coat in the juices and continue to cook.
• Check the turkey with a cooking thermometer - it should read 65C. Leave to rest on a warm platter - it will stay warm for about 1 hr. Continue to cook the carrots until tender. Serve the turkey garnished with fresh bay and thyme, and the carrots alongside.

CANDIED CARROTS

Steps:

• Place carrots in a pot of salted water. Bring water to a boil, reduce heat to a high simmer and cook about 20 to 30 minutes. Do not cook the carrots to a mushy stage!
• Drain the carrots, reduce the heat to its lowest possible setting and return the carrots to the pan. Stir in butter, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Cook for about 3 to 5 minutes, until sugar is bubbly. Serve hot!

BROWN SUGAR-GLAZED CARROTS

Steps:

• Heat 1 inch water to boiling in 3-quart saucepan. Add carrots and, if desired, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cover and heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer covered 12 to 15 minutes or until carrots are tender.
• While carrots are cooking, heat brown sugar, butter, orange zest and 1/2 teaspoon salt in 10- or 12-inch skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved and mixture is bubbly. Be careful not to overcook or the mixture will taste scorched. Remove from heat.
• Drain carrots. Stir carrots into brown sugar mixture. Cook over low heat about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally and gently, until carrots are glazed and hot.

GLAZED (OR CANDIED) CARROTS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add carrots and just enough water to cover them with 1/4 teaspoons salt.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cover, then cook carrots for 15 minutes or until the carrots are tender-crisp; drain well.
• Return the carrots to the saucepan.
• Mix in the butter or margarine, the sugar, 1/4 teaspoons salt and the nutmeg.
• Return the mixture to the heat and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the carrots are glazed.
• Transfer glazed carrots to a warmed bowl and serve.

SWEET CANDIED CARROTS

Steps:

• Place carrots in a large saucepan; add 1 in. of water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and set aside. , In the same pan, combine the butter, brown sugar, salt and pepper; cook and stir until butter is melted. Return carrots to the pan; cook and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until glazed.

SPICY GLAZED CARROTS

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir carrots with brown sugar, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg in the hot oil until carrots are glazed, coated with spices, and tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

BROWN SUGAR GLAZED CARROTS

Steps:

• Cut carrots diagonally into 1/4 inch thick slices.
• Cook in boiling water to cover with 1/2 teaspoons salt for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and rinse with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over low heat; add onion and cook, stirring constantly 5 minutes.
• Add apple juice and brown sugar; cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
• Stir in carrots, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper.