Spiced Carrot Salad (Greek)

MarraMamba's Note:

From Chef on a Shoestring's Greek menu. This sounds heavenly with ground walnuts and mint. Easily scaled down or up. Time does not include one hour sitting time.

• Total Time: 12 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 8 large carrots
• 1 small garlic clove , minced
• 4 tablespoons ground walnuts
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (or more)
• 1⁄3; cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lemon, juice of
• salt
• ¼ cup shredded fresh mint

Directions:

1. Shred the carrots.
2. Combine the carrots, garlic, walnuts, cinnamon, cumin, cayenne, olive oil, lemon juice and salt to taste in a serving bowl.
3. Cover and let stand for one hour at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 8 hours.
4. Just before serving, toss in the mint and serve.

Reviews

[L'ecole]

Very unusual and a great way to use up the spearmint we've got growing in our garden! I must admit that I like the carrot orange and peanut salad I posted some time back better as a use for shredded carrots, but this is some good!

[La Dilettante]

I only had about a cupful of baby carrots, so made a mini-version, and...oh WOW!!! I wish I could tell you how good this is after it sits and let the flavors "swap around," as Huck Finn said, but I can't, because I have eaten it all up, right out of the food processor! Now, without changing any of these ingredients, what I did was make a creamy pate'-like spread out of it all, simply by pulsing that blade many times. Let me assure you all, it makes a FAB spread for toasted pita wedges! Thanks, MarraMamba!

[jennifertess]

Wow! Spectacular!!!! The only thing I changed was more garlic and I used way less oil then called for. I don't like my salads greasy. Other then that, I used my food processor to shred the carrots and did you know you can use your garlic press to grind the walnuts? I can't stop eating this. I hope there's some left for my family for dinner! :) I will be making this all year long!