Carrots A La Sidecar

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 24 fresh baby carrots, peeled
• 2 -3 tablespoons real butter
• 2 ounces honey
• 3 ounces lemon juice
• 1 ounce cointreau liqueur
• 2 ounces brandy
• fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 peel the carrots and cook them in lightly salted water for about 15 minutes or until just tender-crisp.
• 2 meanwhile, melt the butter over low heat in a small saucepan. stir in the honey, then mix in the lemon juice, cointreau, and brandy. simmer gently, then keep warm.
• 3 preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 4 transfer the carrots to an oven-proof casserole and pour the "sidecar" sauce over them.
• 5 bake at 350 for 20-30 min, turning them occasionally in the sauce until it starts to glaze.
• 6 *note: you could substitute triple sec for the cointreau, or even substitute orange juice for the cointreau and double the brandy.