Preserved Carrots, Algarve Style

Ingredients:
Serves 4

  • 300 grs of tender carrots ;
  • 3 cloves of garlic ;
  • 1 bunch of parsley ;
  • 1 spoon of sweet paprika ;
  • 1 spoon of anise ;
  • 1 dl of vinegar ;
  • salt to taste ;
  • pepper to taste

Preparation:

Wash the carrots and peel them. Cook them at one piece, seasoned with salt.
Then let them cool off. Cut them up into not very thin round slices.
Peel the garlic and chop it up.
Place the carrots in a suitable vessel. Season with the garlic, paprika, vinegar, anise, salt and pepper.
Marinate for several days before serving.

Hint: The carrots should the purple kind. This preserve may be served as an hors-d'oeuvre or to accompany fish or metal..


source:
Algarve Tourist Region

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