Carrot Salad with Truffle Balsamic Glaze Dressing and Smoked Almonds

It's easy, quick and delicious. The salad goes well with some homemade bread. If you like, use raisins or other dried fruit instead of dried cranberries. It makes a great easy lunch or side with any meat dishes.

3-4 Carrots, grated, shredded, shaved or spiralized
1 handful of mint leaves, roughly chopped
50 g Dried cranberries
50 g Smoked almonds, roughly chopped
4 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp Truffle balsamic glaze
1 Garlic clove, peeled and finely minced
Sea salt
Black pepper

Wash the carrots, then using a spiralizer, a peeler or a box grater prepare the carrots and set aside in a large bowl.
Combine the oliveo il, truffle balsamic glaze, garlic, salt and pepper together in a small bowl.
To the bowl with the carrots, add dried cranberries, chopped mint leaves and dressing. Toss everything together. Serve the salad sprinkled with chopped smoked almonds.

22 comments:

Tom 28/10/24 12:37: ...an autumnal treat!
DEZMOND 28/10/24 12:56: I do eat a lot of carrots like a bunny. I actually made a pie with them today, you just grate five or six big carrots, ad some seasonings, garlic, salt, vegeta if you have it, two eggs, a few spoons of oil and them about a cup of corn flour. You mix that together, pour it into a mold, silicone or paper covered and bake for half an hour. In the end it turns thick and compact like a pudding. Very nice for a lunch or dindins.
Anonymous 28/10/24 14:00: Delicious -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
Brian's Home Blog 28/10/24 14:42: YUM! That sure would be popular here!
Carol @Comfort Spring Station 28/10/24 16:04: tantalizing flavors
Federica Simoni 28/10/24 16:18: che buone!!😋😋
eileeninmd 28/10/24 16:19: It looks tasty, I like carrots! Take care, enjoy your day and have a great week ahead.
sotis 28/10/24 17:20: elle me fait de l'oeil ta salade!!! bisous
roentare 28/10/24 21:08: That looks so scrumptious in deed
Hena Tayeb 28/10/24 21:36: Yum.. this looks very good.
Citu 28/10/24 22:03: Buena ensalada. Te mando un beso.
savorthebest 29/10/24 01:32: Such a beautiful salad. Perfect for lunch.
Jeff the Chef 29/10/24 04:43: What a great combination. If it goes well with homemade bread, I'm all in.
Margaret D 29/10/24 06:30: That looks nice and would taste the same too, Angie.
David M. Gascoigne, 29/10/24 11:16: The mere word “Balsamic” sends me into realms of ecstasy. A friend of mine was in Modena last year and brought back a very fine balsamic for me. We use it sparingly, primarily with a really good olive oil for dipping with fresh bread. It I believed in heaven this is what it would be like!
Bill 29/10/24 22:23: Looks so good.
Cooking Julia 29/10/24 23:22: A new way to eat carrot salad!
tigerfish 30/10/24 00:01: Very seldom I have had carrot salad with carrot as the star. Carrot is usually just the accompaniment to other veggies
Anonymous 30/10/24 04:52: I love smoked almonds! This must be very good.
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David 30/10/24 05:17: Hi Angie, I do like carrots and since I'm very limited on greens, this carrot salad will give me the roughage I crave with lots of flavor. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
sherry 30/10/24 05:31: carrots and cranberries and smoked almonds? Sounds very tasty!
thepaintedapron.com 30/10/24 16:09: Sounds so good, thanks Angie!
Jenna