Festive Carrot Ring

I am the third generation in my family to have this recipe. It boasts of cheesy, carroty, savory goodness! A must-have side dish at all of my family’s turkey dinner celebrations! Although I’m sure it would pair nicely with a roast or a chicken as well.

Step: 1

Place a steamer insert into a saucepan, and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Cover, and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Add the carrots, recover, and steam until very tender, about 15 minutes. Drain water, remove steamer basket, and return carrots to pan; mash with an electric mixer until smooth.

Step: 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a 12 cup ring mold or Bundt® pan; sprinkle mold with 5 tablespoons corn flake crumbs.

Step: 3

Crack the eggs into a large bowl and beat at high speed until light yellow, about 1 minute. Stir in the cooked carrots, milk, Cheddar cheese, butter, onion, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, nutmeg, and the remaining 1 1/2 cup corn flake crumbs; mix well. Spoon into prepared mold.

Step: 4

Bake in preheated oven until puffed and lightly browned, abut 1 hour. Remove from oven; let stand 30 minutes before inverting onto serving platter.

Per Serving: 338 calories; protein 13.6g; carbohydrates 26.3g; fat 20.6g; cholesterol 146.3mg; sodium 655.7mg.

One of most obvious way to pick a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and choose something different. If you’re cooking pasta, make sure for a simple healthy dish . Making steak? Go for more light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a good idea to also make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can make to cooking process . You don’t want to overcommit your oven by scheduling three dishes at once in there, or be juggling four pans on the cooking items . But sometimes you can made a dish do more often .