Organic Purple carrots
These purple carrots are stunning to behold, with a flavour to match – and not only that, they’re jam-packed with goodness.
Purple carrots Grown by James Foskett at Woodbridge, Suffolk
About
Organic purple carrots. With their dark indigo exterior and orange middle, it’s like nature designed them specially for Halloween. They taste as good as they look, and they’re jam-packed with good stuff: their vivid colour comes from anthocyanins, the same pigment that makes blueberries a superfood, and they have even more beta carotene than their orange cousins.
Country of origin
Produced in- The UK
As children often say, why cook them at all? Really good carrots are best used raw in salads
How to prepare
Boil or steam in 5-10 mins. But our top tip is to avoid cooking them in water. Instead, roast them to bring out their sweet flavour, or stir fry to keep their pleasing crunch. Really fresh bunched carrots are best raw or very lightly cooked.
Storage
Carrots keep for several weeks in a paper bag on a cool veg rack.
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Grown by James Foskett, Woodbridge, Suffolk
James Foskett farms a rainbow of ten different organic vegetables, including green beans and peas, tasty sweetcorn cobs, bunched carrots, onions and radishes.
Purple carrots recipes
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Mirin glazed carrots and crispy tofu
Serves: 2 Total time: 30 min
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Purple sprouting broccoli with chorizo and potatoes
Serves: 2 Total time: 40 min
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Purple sprouting broccoli with anchovy and chilli
Serves: 4 Total time: 20 min
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Wild garlic and purple sprouting broccoli ragout
Serves: 2 Total time: 60 min
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Carrot hummus
Serves: 4 Total time: 40 min
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Carrot top pesto
Serves: 6 Total time: 10 min
