Carrots in Spiced Verjuice Sauce

Ingredients

• 200 g baby carrots, cleaned
• 100 ml honey
• 100 ml verjuice
• 50 ml apple cider vinegar
• 50 ml water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 star anise
• 8 cardamom pods, crushed, and save the black seeds
• 4 lemon leaves, bruised (or use bay leaves)

Directions

1. 1

   Steam or boil the carrots until just tender. Put in a serving dish, cover with foil, and keep warm.

2. 2

   Mix all the other ingredients in a pot, and bring to a boil over high heat. Stir a few times.

3. 3

   Boil it down to about 200 ml liquid or less.

4. 4

   Pour over the carrots.

5. 5

   Can be used with the sauce.as a side dish.

6. 6

   Otherwise, the small spiced carrots are cooled in the sauce, taken out and used as a salad ingredient. This salad usually also contains parma ham or coppa, romaine (Cos) lettuce and shaved parmesan and is finished with a nut oil (such as walnut). Ingredients can vary according to taste.