Carrot Salad

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 20min
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A fresh carrot salad recipe featuring crisp carrots and a bright vinaigrette. Try this and more recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 1 bundle carrots
  • 250 ml white wine
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp mixed peppercorns (white, black, green)
  • a few stems lemon balm
  • 5 tbsp olive oil
  • 250 g salsiccia (Italian fresh raw sausage, also dried, alternatively salami)
  • 1 tbsp chopped parsley

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Peel carrots and cut into 1 cm thick slices. Let white wine simmer with 250 ml water, sugar, salt, and peppercorns for 5 minutes. Cook carrots in the broth for 10-14 minutes.

  2. 2.

    Finely chop lemon balm leaves. Drain carrot cooking liquid leaving a small amount. Stir in 4 tbsp olive oil. Season again with salt if needed.

  3. 3.

    Slice salsiccia. Heat remaining olive oil in a non-stick pan. Quickly brown sausage slices on both sides. Mix in parsley and serve together with carrots.