One of the UK's most popular vegetables, carrot can be cooked or eaten raw. When boiled it does lose some of its nutrients but when raw it really can add crunch to a salad or when cut into spears it's perfect for dipping!
Country of Origin - UK/Italy
Class - Minimum Class 2
Bagthorpe Farm is an idyllic farm in Norfolk on the edges of the Sandringham estate. Donald Morton started converting his 300 acres to organic back in 1985. Encouraging wildlife was one of his primary motivations to go organic. He has become the epitome of organic growing and holds many farm walks to encourage new growers to convert. Apart from turnips, Donald and his farm manager and son in law, Nick Walton, grow some of Britain’s only organic shallots, as well as strawberries, carrots, onions, sweetcorn and potatoes.
Carrots will maintain their Beta-carotene even through boiling, although other nutrients are lost into the water, as the orange colour it obtains will show. However raw carrots can be finely or coarsely grated, cut into matchsticks or fingers to add colour as well as crunch and flavour to many dishes. Carrots should be stored in the warmest part of the fridge or in a cool dark place. Suitable for home freezing.
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