Roasted oversized vegetables seem to be all the rage these days. I’ve seen roasted carrots and cauliflower and others at the center of a restaurant meal. When I saw this recipe on a Pinterest browse, I had to try it. Do you do that? Pinterest browsing is my favorite “3 am and cannot sleep activity”. Unfortunately the recipe I tried didn’t turn out too well, I have a few tips I will share that might save you the same failure.
- Different colored carrots cook at different rates. The orange ones cook the fastest but the darker or lighter ones seem to be woodier (is that a word), and take longer.
- Use thinly sliced bacon otherwise it won’t crisp.
- Start with a lower oven temperature until the carrots are cooked (they are quite large), then brush with maple syrup and turn up the heat up to crisp everything.
And there you have it. They were delicious warm as a side dish with cold meat, cheese and a salad.
Bacon Wrapped Carrots
Ingredients
- Thinly sliced bacon, depending on the size of the carrots you may need to slices for each carrot
- Large carrots
- 2-3 tablespoons of pure maple syrup
Method
- Wash and peel the carrots, trim the ends
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
- Wrap the bacon around each carrot slice and place on a baking tray, bacon ends down where possible.
- Roast for 45 minutes or until the carrots (mine were quite large) are almost done. You may need to remove some if they are different colors, the bright red and white ones took an extra 5 minutes.
- Brush the carrots and bacon with the maple syrup and turn the heat up to 425 degrees F.
- Roast for an additional 10-15 minutes until the bacon is crisp and the carrots are beginning to caramelize.
Roast Large Carrots
That is all there is to it.
I am taking this to Fiesta Friday #124, we should all eat more veggies…don’t you think? I have the honor of co-hosting this week with Lindy @ Love in the Kitchen. Click on the Fiesta Friday link to view all the rest of the party food.
Mmmmm…. delicious I don’t like cooked carrots but think I would make an exception for these.
Bacon on anything is my favorite!
ah such pretty little carrots all snug in their blankets 🙂
Talk about a great way to get someone to eat their veggies.
The bacon may counter any health benefits! But they are paleo???
That’s too funny – 3:00 a.m. is a frequent time of the night when I can’t get back to sleep.From now on I will certainly browse Pinterest as a means of relaxing. Maybe tonight? Carrots, bacon and maple syrup 🙂
I have a group of friends who are all up at 3, we joke that we should put a row of lights in each of our homes…if you are up, you switch on your light and it is ok for others to text or call you. A 3 am party of women of a certain age.
lol – more veggies with BACON, please!! At first I thought these were hot dogs – way back in the 60’s my mom used to slit open hot dogs, put cheese in the center and wrap them in bacon for my Dad to grill.
I’m glad to see all your tips, here, btw. 🙂 Next time you can’t sleep, maybe I’ll see on Pinterest, lol, coz I’m often there in the middle of the night!
I will look for you, I am already following you and love your boards. A cup of herb tea with honey and Pinterest usually get me back to sleep eventually. Great idea to put them in a hot dog bun, I can see the pictures. And cheese…hmmm. I think it would need to be added at the end because it would melt.
guys, I heard a big talk on NPR – it seems that it used to be acknowledged before electricity that people would be up in the middle of the night. There was the first sleep at sundown and then people would get up, check the livestock, sometimes chat with neighbors doing the same, maybe indulge in a little hanky panky, then they’d have their “second sleep” and sleep till dawn.
I love it! It does seem much more natural to me.
Love the smoky and extra sweetness you added to the carrots by pairing them with bacon and maple syrup-yum!
Thank you Lily.
I really love this idea, Liz! Roasted carrots are so good already, and now you’ve added bacon! What more can you ask?! YUM!
Thank you Angie.
Can’t wait to try!
Is there a substitute for maple syruP? I’m on a very low glycemic diet. Just carrots and bacon?
Hi Teresa, I would just leave it out. If you have a naturally smoked bacon, it will be fine. I did find that thin sliced works much better than the thicker ones.