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Carrot Salad with Honey and Dill

Posted by bigsanford on May 04, 2009

Carrot Salad with Honey and Dill
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Natala kept begging for the recipe, and since I was happy to share it with her, I figured others might be interested as well.  This is a super-easy, spring dish - great for brunch or with dinner.

Carrots with honey and dillDave Sanford, May 2009Place a large stock pot over high heat, season with honey or sugar and kosher salt and bring to a boil.While water is heating up, prepare your carrots and an ice bath.Carrots:  peel and cut into desired shape, making sure that pieces are all roughly the same size.Ice bath:  Fill a large metal bowl with ice water, leaving room for the water to rise when you add the cooked carrots.Once the water has come up to a boil,* add the carrots.  Cooking time will vary based on the size of your carrot pieces, but for sections that are roughly 1-2inches long by 1/2 inch thick, approximately 3 minutes or should be about right.  Test a carrot - when they are tender with a little "toothiness," remove with a slotted spoon or tongs immediately to the ice bath, being reasonably careful to drain the hot water back into the stockpot so that you don't unneccesarily increase the temperature of the ice bath.  The ice bath...

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Category: Cooking

Tags: recipe, carrot, food

3 comments

    • Katie
    • Posted by Katie on May 08, 2009

    • Wowza, sounds delish! I would have never thought of adding honey and dill, but I'm definitely doing this for an upcoming brunch. Yummola! Thanks for sharing Dave.

    • Natala
    • Posted by Natala on May 09, 2009

    • It's true - i was begging for this -- this salad was AMAZING!!! the tarator is truly delicious-can't-have-enough goodness. I think blanching the carrots really made the difference too and the fresh dill and uhm yah, now i want this salad again... thanks for posting dave!

    • bigsanford
    • Posted by bigsanford on May 10, 2009

    • you're welcome! glad you enjoyed :-)

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Thanks, Gail.

Posted by bigsanford on February 25, 2009

C'mon Gail.  Is frying an egg really that...

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Category: Cooking

Tags: egg, fashion, cooking, kitchen

3 comments

    • Scott Windsor
    • Posted by Scott Windsor on February 25, 2009

    • Yeah, not much trick to frying an egg... at least show how to make the perfect omelet or poached egg or even just how to make 'egg-in-a-basket' (my personal fav).

      Now if Padma was frying the egg, I'd give it 5 out of 5 stars...

    • Gracie
    • Posted by Gracie on March 12, 2009

    • I'd have to agree... not really difficult to fry... but this video makes me hungry for some eggs bene... :D

    • Harold
    • Posted by Harold on March 26, 2009

    • I have recently started to cover my pan with a lid while the egg is frying, the steam helps cook the top part so you don't have to flip it. Thanks for sharing Dave.

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How to boil the perfect egg

Posted by bigsanford on February 12, 2009

Step 1: place eggs in a pot and add enough cold water to cover the eggs.  A little extra is fine.  Step 2:  Add salt.  Kosher (or other coarse salt) is great - precision is not important here, but assuming you're boiling more than 1 egg, use, say, a tablespoonStep 3:  Place your pot over high...

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Category: Cooking

Tags: breakfast, egg, food

4 comments

    • dave schappell
    • Posted by dave schappell on February 12, 2009

    • I love the article, but how about a photo? I mean, I need to know what the egg should look like when done!

    • bigsanford
    • Posted by bigsanford on February 13, 2009

    • I tried really hard to use "embed" code from flickr, and it kept telling me to use "EMBED" code. I tried copying and pasting the embed code flickr supplied several times to no avail...

      the egg will appear largely the same when it's done, since the shell won't change at all. However, your whites will be solid and bright, yolks as yellow as the sun!

    • Katie
    • Posted by Katie on February 13, 2009

    • Thanks for the post. My mom always told me to boil eggs for something like 18 minutes. That seems crazy compared to your 8 minute suggestion. Also, I always keep my eggs at a constant simmer. Am I just destroying them? I'll have to try this out this weekend.

    • Harold
    • Posted by Harold on February 13, 2009

    • Thanks for the article, oh how many years have I gone about badly boiled eggs!

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