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Craving a hot meal that reminds you of Grandma’s seasoning? Creams such as carrot cream can be eaten hot or cold

Did you know that the basic ingredients of creams are milk, butter, cream, and cornstarch? With them, a basic sauce is cooked (bechamel, Spanish, velouté) to make other more complex ones that will be the base of many dishes.

Here we share the recipe to prepare a carrot that will not ask for anything from Jauja Mexican Cuisine and will be the perfect complement to accompany main dishes with fish, chicken, or other types of meat.

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Preparation: 15 min | Cooking: 30 min | Total: 45 minutes

Serving: 4 servings | Difficulty: Very easy

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Nutritional information of Carrot Cream

Each approximately 100-gram serving based on a 2,000-calorie diet contains:

• Energy 200 kcal
• Protein 15 grams
• Saturated fat 3 grams
• Salt 1 gram
• Sugars 10.7 grams

Necessary utensils:

• Frying pan
• blender

How to cook easy and fast carrot cream?

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 7 medium carrots
• 150 milliliters of liquid cream
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Chicken broth
• Olive oil or butter
• 80 grams of flour
• ½ liter of cow’s milk

Step by step to prepare carrot cream

Step 1

Fry the onion in fine julienne strips in a pan with oil or butter without browning, it should be transported. 

Step 2

Wash the carrots and cut them into one-centimeter slices. 

Step 3

Add them to the pan, heat for two minutes, and add the broth, flour, liquid cream, and milk.

Step 4

Season to taste. 

Step 5

Let cool slightly and take everything to the blender for about 3 minutes.

Step 6

 Serve in a deep dish.

Gastronomic tip

If you want to have a carrot cream with a roux base, you need to melt the butter with the onion in small squares in a pot or Teflon pan and when they are ready, without burning, add the all-purpose flour. Then mix until all the ingredients are integrated and add the cow’s milk and the rest of the blended foods. If you need seasoning you can season.

Nutritional tip

The carrot is a vegetable native to Europe and Southwest Asia and one of its benefits is that it is a rich source of fiber, vitamin A, potassium, ascorbic acid, and calcium. Health experts mention that during growth it promotes bone development, prevents constipation, and helps control blood sugar levels.

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