French

Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad)

Name: Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad)
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 6 carrots, grated; 1 tsp dijon mustard; 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Julien B. @julien_b

Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the fresh side. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

10 min Easy Diabetic friendly Low carb High fiber Vegetarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

6 carrots, grated
1 tsp dijon mustard
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Peel the carrots and grate them on the large holes of a box grater or in a food processor.
Whisk together the dijon mustard, olive oil, and lemon juice in a small bowl until smooth.
Pour the dressing over the grated carrots and toss well to coat evenly.
Stir in the chopped parsley and season with the salt and pepper.
Let the salad sit for 5 minutes so the carrots soften slightly, then serve at room temperature or chilled.

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Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
  
  25 min
The cooked vegetable
- Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
  
  40 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 140 kcal
Protein: 1 g
Carbs: 9 g
Fat: 11 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 320 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.