Hello Everyone were back again for week number #2 of the steemit-ironchef championship, hosted by @progressivechef. This weeks theme is the wonderful Carrot. The base ingredient for a multitude of dishes they are a must have ingredient in the kitchen. But sometimes its nice to make them the Star of the show.
I was lucky to have carrots growing in the veg patch so they went from the Earth to the Plate in about 30 minutes. Everything was fresh from the garden the carrots, beans, peas, parsely and the nasturtium flowers. So the simple vinaigrette was all it needed to create a beautiful medley of flavours exploding with life and colour!
My first time growing Carrots so they're not the prettiest but they have character, and incredible flavour from the rich organic soil. The variety is called Nantes.
Podded some mature Runner Beans, the pink ones are softer and the purple ones have more crunch. Packed with minerals, and the colours are so vibrant!
Sliced the bigger carrots into long ribbons and grated the smaller ones, to add some variety of texture and keep it interesting.
A simple French 'style' vinaigrette with fresh Parsely and palm sugar, which has a subtle caramel sweetness. I used cider vinegar but red wine vinegar works very well too.
Shake it all up in a jar for a few minutes until it resembles Frobscottle (from 'The BFG'). Mix with carrot and beans and let rest for ten minutes, adjust seasoning.
The last of my fresh Peas and some pretty 'edible' nasturtium flowers that taste sweetly peppery.
Finished off on the plate with a sprig of carrot leaf and a thin carrot slice -so the light shines through, then an extra drizzle of the dressing :)
Ingredients (carrots, beans, peas, olive oil, cider vinegar, lemon, palm sugar, salt, pepper, nasturtium, parsely)
Good luck to Everyone who enters this week its a tough competition, there's some incredible talent here on Steemit! Who will be the steemit-ironchef 2017??!!
Love this look of a carrot salad. I am going to have to try it. Some of my carrots looked the same this year. Too much rain. Upvoted and following. I entered this #2 week with a carrot salad as well.
Thanks @gardengirlcanada im going to check out your dish now :)
nice post
thanks for sharing
Thankyou very much for looking :)
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Looks fantastic bud. You're doing a great job with your posts, very appealing and well written
That means alot coming from a real chef, maybe one day i will open a restaurant, with real silverware :) i really like doing these posts they take a long time tho!
Worth it man, u can be proud of it. Also check my last post..idk if u wanna still be in the group but we're doing big thangs!
The presentation of your dish looks really good, congratulations!
Thankyou very much, my crappy phone managed to get some alright pictures :)
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Oh, we are gonna have to bust out the nicer paper plates if I make this one lol. Looks too fancy to eat! Good job @owenwat
Cheers bud! yeah i made this one look extra pretty for the pictures we had it with sausages and new potatoes,mint and butter :)
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my first ever rando! thanks bud :)
Your carrots are BEAUTIFUL! I've grown nantes before too! Right now I've just put 'Parisian" carrot seeds down a few weeks ago, and they are supposedly little carrot spheres! I love all the unique shapes and colors of carrots that you can grow right in your own backyard! I love the freshness and simplicity of this salad - and because it is about as local as it gets, I'm sure it tasted all the better. Great job and good luck!!
Thankyou very much! i will definately grow them again next year but i would like to grow those rainbow carrots that progressive chef used fot the intro photo this week, im growing rainbow chard and seeing that spectrum of colours really makes me happy :)
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thankyou :)
looks so fresh and beautiful with the colors and the flowers... love the fact that your carrots have character !
Thankyou very much. i will definately be growing carrots again next year they taste soo much better than any from the shop!
What a lovely post my friend! It is so clear and easy to follow, well done!
Oh yes there's no better way to eat these organic beauties with just a nice dressing!
I've never tasted runner beans before, they look so lovely and shiny, wow!
Beautiful entry my friend, I love adding nasturtium flowers in my dishes too, the peppery taste is so nice!
Cheers
@progressivechef
ps Do you know you are the second one missing the proof photo this weeeeeeek!!!!!!
just fixed it 2nd picture from the bottom
That's what i like with you all! I think I will add another rule by giving some extra points to those going the extra mile!
Thanks man!
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Love the irregular shapes of your carrots! And those beans are so interesting!
Wow..fresh from the garden! This looks healthy and tasty! =)
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Soooooooooo yumy, pretty and super healthy. Absolutely love it. UPV & RSD 😊