Recipe Note: The culinary term "chiffonade" used in the instructions for this recipe, is a cooking technique in which fruits or vegetables are cut into long, thin strips. The word “chiffon” in French means a rag, and to chiffonade means to cut something up into long rag-like strips.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. carrots
 
- 1 garlic clove
 
- â…› tsp ground cinnamon
 
- ½ tsp cumin
 
- ½ tsp sweet paprika
 
- pinch cayenne (optional)
 
- 1 lemon, juiced
 
- â…› tsp sugar
 
- ¼ tsp kosher Salt
 
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
 
- 2 Tbsp mint
 
Directions
- Wash and peel the carrots. Boil whole carrots in salted water with the garlic until barely tender. Drain. Discard the garlic and dice or slice the carrots.
 
- Combine the spices with the lemon juice, sugar, and salt and pour over the carrots. Chill. Sprinkle with oil and chiffonade of mint just before serving.
 
Yield: 4 servings
Serving Size: ½ cup
Source: The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, Napa Valley, California
