Glazed Carrots

13 years ago

My grandson is not much of a vegetable eater, but he will eat every carrot if I put a honey glaze on them, sometimes I don't use honey, I use sugar, and I have even used Maple Syrup.

With the abundance of carrots this fall, I would like to do down some carrots in a sugar syrup, then I could heat them up, maybe add a little butter, I'm sure he would love them, and I could give some jars to my daughter and he might just eat carrots at home too!

I can't find a recipe for carrots preserved in a sugar syrup, but I'm thinking I could use the sugar syrup recipe for pears and other fruit, Any advice? What do you think.

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sushipup1
13 years ago
Carrots are so easy to fix. I like to cook them in a little water, drain well, add a pat of butter and a spoon of good orange marmalade. Orange and carrots is a lovely combination.
mrsbeasley
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13 years ago
Yes, I like to cook them that way, and they are indeed delish. I'm looking for a way of preserving them, perhaps in a sugar syrup, so I could just open the jar, perhaps add a pat of butter and heat. I'd also like to give some of these jars of carrots to my daughter, so she could do the same.
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2 cups brown sugar
2 cups water
1 cup orange juice

Wash and peel carrots. Wash again. Cut carrots into 3 inch pieces. Slice thicker ends in half lengthwise.

Combine brown sugar, water and orange juice in a saucepot. Cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Keep syrup hot.

Pack carrots tightly into hot jars, leaving 1-inch headspace.

Ladle hot syrup over carrots, leaving 1-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles. Adjust two-piece caps.

Process pints and quarts 30 minutes at 10 pounds pressure in a steam-pressure canner.

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Carrots (amount you wish to can)
Frozen juice concentrate thawed
Brown Sugar

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