Grilled Carrots With Tallow Recipe
This vegetable side dish will steal the spotlight
Take your normal roast veg up a notch with this recipe from Saint Louis restaurant Vicia, where Blue Hill at Stone Barns alums Michael and Tara Gallina's vegetable-forward cuisine is making waves. These carrots, which are roasted with garlic oil before being brushed in tallow (otherwise known as beef fat) and grilled to perfection, make the ideal side for festive holiday celebrations.
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Recipe adapted from Michael Gallina, Vicia, Saint Louis, MO
Tallow-Grilled Carrots
In this recipe from Vicia in Saint Louis, you'll take carrots up a notch by roasting them with garlic oil before brushing them in beef tallow and grilling.
Prep Time
15
minutes
Cook Time
1
hour
servings
2
to 4 servings
Total time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Ingredients
- For the Garlic Oil
- 3 garlic heads, cut in half widthwise, skins left on
- 4 cups neutral oil (such as canola, vegetable, soy or rice bran)
- For the Carrots
- 1 pound medium to large carrots, scrubbed clean but not peeled
- Garlic oil
- Salt, to taste
- 2 cups beef tallow
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges, for seasoning
Directions
- Make the garlic oil: Place the halved heads of garlic, skins and all, in a tall, medium pot and cover with oil.
- Cook over medium-low heat until it starts to simmer. Remove from the heat and place the pot in a 170-degree oven for 7 hours (or overnight).
- Strain through a fine-mesh strainer. Store in the refrigerator.
- Make the carrots: Preheat the oven to 400°. Create a double-lined aluminum foil packet large enough to fit the carrots.
- Place the cleaned carrots on top of the foil and coat with the garlic oil, then season with salt.
- Wrap tightly, place in a large, deep casserole dish, and bake in the oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until just starting to soften. (This can be done in advance.) Gently remove the carrots from the oil and place on a tray to cool.
- When ready to serve, warm the beef tallow in a small pot until melted. Brush over top of the carrots. Place the carrots on a hot grill and cook until charred on all sides and tender, 2 to 4 minutes.
- Squeeze the lemon wedge over top and finish with flaky sea salt to serve.
Nutrition
| Calories per Serving | 1,405 |
| Total Fat | 127.7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 56.1 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 g |
| Cholesterol | 111.7 mg |
| Total Carbohydrates | 83.0 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 28.9 g |
| Total Sugars | 6.8 g |
| Sodium | 868.8 mg |
| Protein | 19.4 g |
The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
