Cheddar Carrot Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F Grease a 9 x 13 casserole dish and set aside. Steam carrots until 1/2 way cooked. You want them to be soft enough to bite but still with a bit of a crunch. They'll finish cooking in the oven. As carrots are steaming, in a saucepan combine butter and onion. Cook until onions are soft and translucent. Add flour, salt, mustard and pepper and mix well to create a paste. Slowly add 1/4 cup of milk at a time whisking continually until all the milk has been added to pan. You are making a basic roux. The mixture will thicken quite a bit at first but slowly thin out. If you add all the milk at once you'll have a clumpy mess, so only add 1/4 cup at a time, whisking well. Cook for 5 minutes then turn off burner and add cheese. Mix well until cheese is melted and combined. When carrots are cooked half way, place carrots on the bottom of the casserole dish. Pour cheese mixture on top of carrots ensuring to cover carrots completely. Sprinkle bread crumbs or crushed Ritz crackers on top of sauce and bake for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place 1 in. of water in a large saucepan; add carrots. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until crisp-tender, 7-9 minutes. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid. Transfer carrots to a 1-1/2-qt. baking dish., In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, onion, horseradish and reserved cooking liquid; spread evenly over carrots. Sprinkle with cheese; top with cracker crumbs. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Place carrots in a saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil. Cook until crisp-tender. Meanwhile, in a skillet, saute onions in 3 tablespoons butter until tender. Stir in the soup, salt, pepper and cheddar cheese. , Drain carrots; add to the onion mixture. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with croutons. Melt remaining butter; drizzle over croutons. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes.

Steps:

• Cook/steam sliced carrots until fork-tender; drain and keep warm.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• Lightly grease/spray a 2 1/2 qt casserole dish; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the melted butter, onion, cheese soup, milk, egg, cheese, crushed crackers, salt, pepper, tarragon and nutmeg; mix well.
• Gently fold in the hot cooked carrots to the mixture.
• Turn mixture into prepared casserole dish.
• Bake, uncovered at 375 for 25-30 minutes.

Steps:

• Steam/cook carrots 10-12 minutes or until tender; drain.
• In a large bowl, mix cooked drained carrots and onion; coarsley mash (or mash smooth if desired).
• Stir in 1-1/2 cups ONLY of the cheese, pimento, parsley, salt, sugar, eggs and milk; mash/stir until well-combined.
• Place mixture into greased/sprayed shallow 2 quart baking dish.
• In a small bowl, combine bread crumbs and melted butter; sprinkle over carrot mixture.
• Bake in preheated 325°F oven 30 minutes. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of cheese over casserole and bake an additional 5 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.