Mashed carrots

Chicken wings served with mashed carrot
Course	Side dish
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Carrots

Mashed carrot is a dish prepared by cooking and then mashing carrots. Milk, butter, salt and pepper are commonly mixed in after the carrots are mashed.^[1] Carrots can also be roasted in the oven before mashing.^[2][3] Other mashed vegetables may be added to the mashed carrots. These include onions, parsnips, turnips, squash, and rutabaga.^[4][5][6][7] Mashed potatoes may be mashed along with mashed carrots.^[8]

Ingredients

The main ingredients are:

• cooked carrots
• butter^[9]
• salt
• pepper^[9]

Herbs, spices and other ingredients are often added:

• chili powder^[10]
• curry powder
• onion powder
• dried thyme
• dried sage^[11]
• chicken stock^[2]
• lemon juice
• parsley
• cilantro
• garlic^[12]
• sugar^[13]
• cream^[3]
• lemon juice
• honey
• cinnamon^[14]
• ginger
• orange zest^[15]
• orange liqueur^[11]
• nutmeg^[9]

Preparation

To create mashed carrots, the carrots are prepared and cut into a uniform size and boiled, steamed or roasted. The cooked carrots then can be mashed in a food processor or by hand with a potato masher.^[9][10] In addition, canned carrots can be used to prepare mashed carrots.^[11] Mashed carrots are served hot.^[16]

Culinary uses

Mashed carrots may be served as a side dish. They are a major ingredient in carrot muffins, carrot cookies and carrot souffle.^[17][18] Mashed carrots are used in the home for baby food and in commercially prepared 'baby' food.^[16][19]

See also

• List of carrot dishes
• Mashed potatoes
• Mashed pumpkin

References