Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Roasted Carrots and potatoes with honey and balsamic vinegar.

Years ago, it happened something terrific in my kitchen ! 

We had friends for diner and I cooked a roasted chicken. 
We had a great time, laughed a lot, talked a lot and they went away. 
Normal.
Then, my husband and I cleared the table. 
We were supposed to leave the day after, for holidays. We wanted the home perfectly tidy. 
As there was no more place on the kitchen table, I made a appalling mistake : 
I put the chicken's carcass in the spent oven, just for waiting to put it in a tupperware, after and in the fridge.

... But I forgot ...

... And we left ...

... For 10 days ...

... It was in august...

... Where I live, summer is torrid ...

... Do you think I could have a Stephen King's career, for the mystery ambient ?...

After these ten marvellous days, we came back. 

When we opened the flat's door, there was just a little and vicious smell. But not too strong.

After a while, I went in the kitchen and then, almost died. 

I said to my husband : 
"Listen to me ... In my opinion, the Mafia knew our apartment was empty during some days. So they killed someone and hided the corpse in our kitchen !"
We looked for long long minutes from where could come this awful, dreadful smell. 
Then I remembered and made the second mistake of this scenario ... I opened the oven's door ... then almost died for the second time ! 

WARNING : if you're eating, don't read anymore ! 

There were thousand maggots swarming in the chicken, some small flies flied when the door get opened ...
An autopsy scene ! 

It took almost one week to clean totally the oven and to take away this fetid smell. 

Why I tell you this ?
On sunday noon, my sister went to eat, and I cooked a gratin dauphinois. With milk ... And cream ...
And after all these years, I made the same mistake. 

Fortunately, I remembered it just the day after ! But when I opened my oven, there was just this little and vicious smell, like before ...
I thought the Mafia just found us once again.

I cleaned my oven and left it opened for one entire day ! 
PS : this is not the same oven as before. 

Here what you'll need for roasted carrots and potatoes : 
  • 1 kg of carrots
  • 5 potatoes or so
  • 1 or 2 turnip (not obligatory)
  • 2 onions (if you've got red, that's better)
  • Some garlic cloves, how much as you like
  • 4 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 2 tablespoon of honey
  • 3 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
  • Some thyme
  • Some rosemary

Your oven must be clean, without smell and preheated at 150°C (300°F / th5)

Step 1 : 
Cut all your vegetables in pieces and put them in a large dish.



Step 2 : 
Pour the oil first (it will help honey to run from the spoon), honey and vinegar. 




Step 3 : 
Add the herbs and stir with your little and cute hand. Then in the oven for two hours, stirring time to time.
Your vegetables must be tender. 



Bon appétit ! 




Recapitulative : 

  • 1 kg of carrots
  • 5 potatoes or so
  • 1 or 2 turnip (not obligatory)
  • 2 onions (if you've got red, that's better)
  • Some garlic cloves, how much as you like
  • 4 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 2 tablespoon of honey
  • 3 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
  • Some thyme
  • Some rosemary


Your oven must be preheated at 150°C (300°F / th5)

Cut all your vegetables in pieces and put them in a large dish.

Pour the oil first (it will help honey to run from the spoon), honey and vinegar. 

Add the herbs and stir with your hand. Then in the oven for 2 hours, stirring time to time.
Your vegetables must be tender. 

10 comments:

  1. We loved to eat roasted vegetables especially in the Winter when we can use the kitchen oven. In Spring and Summer we mostly grill here since it is so hot! This is a great recipe I will try soon. Your story is funny now, but when it happened you were not laughing I am sure. You were probably holding your nose! Smile! love and prayers, jep

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    1. You're right, Jep, roasted vegetables are good to eat in winter. Or maybe, on a BBQ, in summer ! But I have to say I prefer vegetables salad, in summer :)

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  2. Hahaha, your story is terrible! I have never done something like that but once, my aunt came from Paris to visit me in Canada and she brought me a LOT of cheese... Unfortunately, her suitcase was lost between planes and it took the airline more than a week to find it... So when she finally received the suitcase, it smelled HORRIBLE and when we opened it, the cheese had melted in her clothes and shoes and books and everything and it was a real stinky and sticky nightmare to clean up everything!!

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    1. OMG !!! I just can't imagine !! I think I would throw everything away :D !

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  3. I could eat that whole casserole dish!

    I moved into an apartment once that had food stashed away in drawers and behind the stove. It took me an entire week to clean it before we could move it...

    yikes!

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    1. Do you know the story of this wife, his husband went unfaithful to her and left her. Before leaving the marital home, she hided shrimps in each curtain rods of the house ! The husband never found what were this awful smell and admitted to let her the home. For free. She changed the curtain rods ... :)

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  4. Dear Axelle, Thank you for this. I will make it as a side this Sunday when I serve the roasted chicken and green olives to friends coming for dinner. Any dessert suggestions with this meal would be welcome! I can't imagine that disgusting carcass. Wow. And cheese melting into clothes...what a greasy mess. My stove will often host crusty old pots and pans to be cleaned the next day. Or I've been known to put all the dinner dishes in it until the next day. Maybe you should try that. Regards-Jamie p.s. As stated before, my food tends to spoil in the refrigerator....strange.

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    1. MOst of all, let cook your vegetables for 2 entire hours. Your carrots will still be a little bit crunchy, that's normal :)
      And don't worry ... So do I, sometimes, my fridge looks like a 3th world war place !

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  5. This sounds wonderful! Thank you. I love oven roasted vegetables and make them often but the sweetness is very different from what I usually make. Cannot wait to try it.

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    1. Thank you, monstergirlee ! As I said to Jamie, let them cook for 2 entire hours.
      Veggies have a little sugared flavor, this is very original.

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