Moroccan Carrot And Goat Cheese Sandwiches With Green Olive Tapenade

Serves: 2

Amie Torphy

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

55

Spice

47

Sweetness

50

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 tbsps

Sugar

2 tsps

Sweet Paprika

1 tsp

Ground Cumin

1 tsp

Cinnamon

1 tsp

Cayenne

1 tsp

Salt

1 cup

Olive Oil

1 tsp

Black Pepper

Directions:

1

Prepare carrots: Whisk together sugar, lemon juice, spices, salt, and oil in a large bowl until sugar is dissolved

2

Halve carrots crosswise on a long diagonal, then, starting from diagonal ends, cut into 1/16-inch-thick slices using slicer

3

Cook carrots in a 4- to 5-quart pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 45 seconds

4

Drain well in a colander and immediately toss with dressing

5

Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, then marinate, covered and chilled, at least 4 hours

6

Whisk together sugar, lemon juice, spices, salt, and oil in a large bowl until sugar is dissolved

7

Halve carrots crosswise on a long diagonal, then, starting from diagonal ends, cut into 1/16-inch-thick slices using slicer

8

Cook carrots in a 4- to 5-quart pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 45 seconds

9

Drain well in a colander and immediately toss with dressing

10

Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, then marinate, covered and chilled, at least 4 hours

11

Make tapenade and assemble sandwiches: Pulse olives with capers, parsley, anchovy, zest, lemon juice, and pepper in a food processor until coarsely chopped, then scrape down side of bowl with a rubber spatula

12

Pulsing motor, add oil in a slow stream and continue to pulse until mixture is finely chopped (do not pulse to a paste)

13

Spread tapenade on 6 slices of bread and goat cheese on remaining 6 slices, then make sandwiches with carrots

14

Pulse olives with capers, parsley, anchovy, zest, lemon juice, and pepper in a food processor until coarsely chopped, then scrape down side of bowl with a rubber spatula

15

Pulsing motor, add oil in a slow stream and continue to pulse until mixture is finely chopped (do not pulse to a paste)

16

Spread tapenade on 6 slices of bread and goat cheese on remaining 6 slices, then make sandwiches with carrots