Wine-Glazed Carrots Recipe: An Easy Yet Elegant Preparation

This recipe for wine-glazed carrots uses just a splash of vino, but offers a great excuse for the cook to enjoy a glass! The alcohol cooks down, and adds depth of flavor to the naturally sweetened carrots. It’s a pretty side dish for almost all to enjoy, because the recipe is naturally dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free, soy-free and vegan-friendly.

Wine-Glazed Carrots Recipe - a simple, dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free, and optionally vegan side dish This recipe and photo for wine-glazed carrots was shared with us by WineFix.com.

Special Diet Notes: Wine-Glazed Carrots

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, optionally vegan, plant-based, and vegetarian. It’s also paleo-friendly, depending on your stance on wine.

Wine-Glazed Carrots

Prep time

2 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

17 mins

For an elegant presentation, you can use about a dozen smaller carrots and cook them whole.

Author: Recipe courtesy of Deutsch Family and the World Wine Guys, authors of “Red Wine”

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

6 medium carrots, halved lengthwise and cut into 2-inch pieces
1 tablespoon olive oil
1½ cups water
2 tablespoons white pinot grigio wine
1 tablespoon honey (can sub agave nectar for vegan)
Salt, to taste
Black pepper, to taste

Instructions

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the carrots. Add the water and cook until the carrots are tender and the water is evaporated.
Add the white wine and honey and saute for 2 minutes, or until the carrots are glazed.
Remove the skillet from the heat and season the carrots with salt and pepper.