olive oil Archives

Christmas recipes

Caponata tart

30 minutes

Christmas recipes

Kale stem salad

20 minutes

Corn recipes

Spicy hake Tex Mex rice salad

20 minutes

Christmas recipes

Smashed potatoes

40 minutes

Butternut recipes

Roasted butternut and Cremezola

30 minutes

Bacon recipes

Poached pears, roasted grapes and charred leeks

60 minutes

Christmas recipes

1000 layer potatoes

1 hour

Air-fryer recipes

Air-fryer crispy salt and pepper chickpeas

20 minutes

Cheese recipes

Baked salty and sweet feta and honey parcels

15 minutes

Curry recipes

Curried lentils with air-fryer cauliflower bites

45 minutes

Nightshade recipes

Potato salad with granola sprinkle

35 minutes

Carrot recipes

Pickled rainbow carrots

10 minutes

Pickled rainbow carrots

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes, plus overnight pickling time

Cooking Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 T olive oil
400 g Woolworths rainbow carrots, cleaned, skin and tops on
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 x 1 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely sliced
1 red chilli, seeded and finely sliced
1 T sugar
2 T rice vinegar
2 t fish sauce
4 T sherry vinegar

Method

1. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Gently fry the carrots for about 3–4 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli and soften for 2 minutes.

2. Remove the carrots from the heat, sprinkle over the sugar and pour over the remaining ingredients. Transfer to an airtight container and chill overnight.

Cook’s note: The pickle will keep for up to 2 weeks in the fridge.

Find more carrot recipes here.

Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food Assistant: Lerato Motau

Spinach lasagne

Kung pao chicken

Durban fish curry

Caponata tart

Kale stem salad

Spicy hake Tex Mex rice salad

Smashed potatoes

Roasted butternut and Cremezola

Poached pears, roasted grapes and charred leeks

1000 layer potatoes

Air-fryer crispy salt and pepper chickpeas

Baked salty and sweet feta and honey parcels

Curried lentils with air-fryer cauliflower bites

Potato salad with granola sprinkle

Pickled rainbow carrots

Pickled rainbow carrots

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