Carrot
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Other Names
Daucus carota (sativa)
French: carotte
General Information
Origin: Afghanistan
Etymology: from the Latin carota
Biennial umbelliferous garden plant.
This root vegetable grows in the earth, revealing only its plume of tops above ground.
Did you know that the carrot’s distinctive orange color did not make its appearance until the nineteenth-century? Carrots were originally somewhere between white and yellow. Then one day an orange carrot, a whim of nature, was found in a field. The seed was collected and by careful selection and crossbreeding the carrot cast off its original parsnip-like beige and took on its now-familiar orange hue. But depending on the season and region, you’ll find yellow, white, red and pink carrots… nature is the painter!
Recipes
Glazed New Carrots with Gingerbread Caramel
Frédéric Anton, Pré Catelan, Paris
Quartered Suckling Pyrenees Lamb, New Carrots with Cumin and Cress Meunière
Alain Dutournier, Carré des Feuillants, Paris
Pan-Seared Langoustines with Tandoori Spices on Carrot Purée with Candied Citrus
Hélène Darroze, Restaurant Hélène Darroze, Paris
Calf’s Sweetbreads with Licorice and Roasted Carrots with Gingerbread
Arnaud Bignon, The Greenhouse, Londres, UK
Beef with Huntsman Sauce, Mini Carrots and Sweet Potato-Celeriac Puree
Guy Martin, Restaurant Le Grand Véfour, Paris

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