Roasted Carrots with Yogurt Sauce and Maple Glaze

Sweet meets tart. Warm embraces cool. Roasted carrots with yogurt sauce and maple syrup glaze lending a toothsome sweetness, gentle warmth, and a bright, tangy contrast.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American, Mediterranean

Keyword roasted carrots, roasted carrots with yogurt sauce, roasted carrots with yogurt sauce and maple galze

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Servings people

Calories 187

Author Mary Thatcher

Equipment

1 baking pan
1 bowl

Ingredients

For roasted carrots

1 lb carrots
¼ cup maple syrup
2 tbsp butter or olive oil
1 tsp dried thyme or 2 tsp fresh thyme
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste

For Yogurt Sauce or Tzatziki sauce

1 cup Greek yogurt
½ cup cucumber shredded, grated or chopped
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 clove garlic minced or grated
1 tbsp dill chopped
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp maple syrup

Instructions

Clean and Roast the Carrots

Pre-heat the oven at 450 °F (232 °C) .
Wash the carrots really well. If the carrots come with some of the green tops, cut the leaves out but leave a little bit of green stems. Peel the carrots (or not if you scrub the dirt off very well.) and line them in the baking pan of your choice.
Season with salt, ground pepper, and thyme. Drizzle the maple syrup all over and add butter on the top of the carrots. If you want to use your hands to help mixing the ingredients to make sure that all of the carrots are well coated with the maple syrup and seasoning, it's fine too.
Roast the carrots for 20 -25 minutes or until the carrots are tender.

Make the Yogurt Sauce or Tzatziki Sauce

Grate, shred, or chop the cucumber. I shredded it with a peeler and left the center of the cucumber that has a lot of seeds and water. If you decided to chop or grate it, put it on a piece of paper towel and gently squeeze some water out so that your sauce don't turn too watery.
Mix the cucumber with yogurt and chopped dill.
Season with lemon juice, salt, and a little bit of maple syrup.
Drizzle some olive oil on the top then use the sauce as the base of the roasted carrots. Enjoy!

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