12 amazing carrot recipes for Christmas

Whether you choose it for a New Year’s Eve dinner buffet, aperitif verrines, as an accompaniment to roast poultry, or as part of a vegetarian Christmas menu, the carrot will always be perfect. With its bold color, its sweet taste, and its many vitamins and minerals, it is a great ally in our holiday menu. Bonus point: it’s easy to prepare. If you choose it of organic origin, you just need to brush it well — always — to cook it. This way, we even avoid the chore of peeling. A significant time saving when you are in the final stages of preparing the Christmas menu.

The carrot, queen of the plate at Christmas

As with any winter recipe, it can be combined with a festive potato dish. The potato-carrot marriage working to perfection. We even replace the classic potato in rösti with carrots for surprising pancakes.

Another suggestion is to give him all the spotlight and go it alone for our menu. For example, in a pretty vegetable tarte tatin, nicely caramelized, enhanced by the crunch of hazelnuts. It can also be combined with cheese whose very salty taste will balance its sweet taste. Another good idea at Christmas: combine it with a powerful roast meat juice, to temper its sweetness, and add a little fat/deliciousness to this root vegetable.

So many ideas for carrot dishes to discover as you follow to create a more-than-perfect festive menu.

And above all, Merry Christmas!