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Carrot Salad | Salade de Carottes Râpées

This carrot salad is a classic in France. I still remember the first time I had it, which was many years ago. I remember thinking “wow, how can just a plain old carrots taste so good?”

Carrot Salad Recipe | Salade de Carottes RapeesRecently, I was reminded once again of how delicious this salad is. I have to say, it is every bit as good as I remembered it! The simple vinaigrette consists of lemon juice, olive oil, sugar and seasoning…that’s it!

Vinaigrette for the Carrot SaladI had to use the medium blade on my grater, as the small blade was way too fine. I actually tried every grater in the house (and I have many), but none of them gave me the grate I was looking for.

finely grated carrots - photo by David LebovitzThe picture of grated carrots above is more like what you are looking for. The picture is from David Lebovitz – his post, about this same salad, is really great and worth the read.

Carrot Salad with Roast Chicken | Rouxbe Give this salad a try. I am sure you will be surprised at just how delicious it is. I like to serve it with roast chicken, as the vinaigrette sort of acts like a sauce for the chicken as well. I also read that some people even put this salad on sandwiches. I’ll have to give that a try.

Here is the detailed Carrot Salad | Salade de Carottes Râpées Recipe.

ciao for now

dawn

3 Responses to “Carrot Salad | Salade de Carottes Râpées”

  1. on 01 Dec 2009 at 12:57 pmMardi@eatlivetravelwrite

    I love this! I used to eat it pretty much every day when I lived in Paris! Can’t wait to get back there this Christmas so I can get some more! (though it IS so easy to make…)

  2. on 01 Dec 2009 at 4:36 pmBrent Hughes

    My grandmother made this for me when I was little… Awe, can’t wait to try to make this myself.. Miss you grandmaw!

  3. on 02 Dec 2009 at 6:29 pmJudi Gibbs

    You made my day! When I got the recipe this morning, I originally thought – how boring. How WRONG was I… I just love simple things that taste this good. Using organic carrots and parsley with the fresh lemon juice and a bit of champagne vinegar I was in heaven. What a winner of a healthy side dish that is ready in a few minutes. I didn’t have the correct size of grater either and think that would make it even better. Maybe I need a good food processor – to which my husband commented, “This will end up being a five hundred dollar salad”. Thanks so much, Dawn. You brought some sunshine into an otherwise rather dull day!!

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