{"id":3799,"date":"2022-05-03T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesaltedpotato.com\/?p=3799"},"modified":"2022-05-04T11:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:45:49","slug":"roasted-carrots-with-sour-cherry-yogurt-and-toasted-pistachio-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesaltedpotato.com\/roasted-carrots-with-sour-cherry-yogurt-and-toasted-pistachio-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Roasted Carrots with Sour Cherry Yogurt and Toasted Pistachio Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Roasted Carrots are Carried to New Heights in this Recipe.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a fan of roasted carrots. I particularly love them when they\u2019re sitting on top of a cool yogurt sauce. But this recipe came about when I stumbled across an old recipe for toasted pistachio oil. It\u2019s extremely simple. Slightly toast the nuts, grind them in a food processor, add warm olive oil, grind again, add a little salt and you\u2019re done. Let it sit at room temperature overnight, then use it however you\u2019d wish. This is not a clear oil. The ground up pistachios remain in the oil, which makes it burst with pistachio flavor. This stuff is really good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seeing as I had a couple bunches of really nice carrots I had planned on roasting, I decided the pistachio oil would be a great match, but I also wanted to add some creamy yogurt, so I first got started on my yogurt sauce. I chopped dried sour cherries, the green parts of a couple scallions and stirred them into whole milk Greek yogurt. A little salt was all that was needed to finish it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then roasted the carrots with ground green cardamom, salt, pepper, and olive oil. After spreading the yogurt sauce on a platter, I spooned some of the pistachio oil on top and then placed the carrots on the sauce. I had toasted some additional pistachios and sprinkled them on top, along with some tarragon leaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biting into those sweet carrots with a spoonful of the tart cherry yogurt was delicious, but when it was combined with the pistachio oil this reached a new height of deliciousness. Sometimes, you hit on a flavor combination that\u2019s surprising. Sometimes it\u2019s really good. But then there are those times where you knock it out of the park. This is one of those times. I can\u2019t recommend any of my recipes more highly than this one. And once again, if you keep the rest of the meal really simple, you can spend your time on this one standout dish and put something truly special on the table. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Roasted Carrots with Sour Cherry Yogurt and Toasted Pistachio Oil<\/h2>\n

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Roasted Carrots Sit on a Bed of Sour Cherry Yogurt and Toasted Pistachio Oil.<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n
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  • Yogurt Sauce<\/strong><\/li>\n
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    1\/3 cup dried sour cherries, chopped<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    2 tablespoons minced green parts of scallions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    1 1\/2 cups whole milk Greek yogurt<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    1\/4 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  • Roasted Carrots<\/strong><\/li>\n
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    2 pounds carrots, cleaned and peeled<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    3 tablespoons olive oil<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    2 teaspoons green cardamom seeds, coarsely ground<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    1 1\/4 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher Salt<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    black pepper, freshly ground<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    3 tablespoons Toasted Pistachio Oil – see recipe link in Notes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    2 tablespoons toasted salted pistachios, roughly chopped<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    2 tablespoons fresh tarragon leaves<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Directions<\/h3>\n
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    • Yogurt Sauce<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Combine the cherries, scallions, yogurt, and salt in a medium sized bowl. Chill until you\u2019re ready to serve the carrots.<\/li>\n
    • Roasted Carrots<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place carrots on a parchment lined half sheet pan. Toss with 3 tablespoons olive oil, cardamom, salt and pepper. Roast for 15 minutes. Remove any small carrots that are already done. I like my carrots crisply tender. Flip the remaining larger carrots and roast for another 10 minutes. <\/li>\n
    • Spread the yogurt sauce on a big platter. Create some grooves in the sauce and spoon on about 3 tablespoons of the toasted pistachio oil. Lay the carrots on top of the sauce, sprinkle with additional toasted pistachios and tarragon leaves. Enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Notes<\/h3>\n
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      • Here is the recipe link for the Toasted Pistachio Oil:
        https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/recipes\/toasted-pistachio-oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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