# Christmas carrots-in-a-bag

These Christmas carrots-in-a-bag are fragrant and tender, part roasted and part steamed, offering intense flavor.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 carrots, peeled and chopped into 3cm angled pieces
- 1 clementine, peeled and sliced into thin discs
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 star anise
- 3 whole cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt
- pepper

## Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4.
2. Spread out a rectangle of baking parchment, approximately 60 x 30cm, with the longer side towards you.
3. Fold the parchment in half from left to right.
4. Double-fold the top and bottom edges and secure the folds closed with bulldog clips, creating a bag.
5. Put the carrots and clementine in a mixing bowl with the spices, bay and oil.
6. Season well with salt and pepper and mix well.
7. Tip them into the bag.
8. Double-fold the open edge of the bag, and clip it closed.
9. Sit the bag in a roasting tray.
10. Bake for about 30 minutes; the bag should puff up.
11. Turn out into a bowl, or open at the table.

## Equipment

- oven
- baking parchment
- bulldog clips
- mixing bowl
- roasting tray

## Tips

- For a bit of theatre, open at the table like a big bag of crisps.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DShJ1GsFzad/?igsh=MWs2Zmd4bGNxcXhkNA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/86f513a5-b925-49a8-899d-83d9385b1de9
- Extracted: 2025-12-21

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