Best Baked Carrots With Swiss Cheese And Bacon Recipes

BAKED CARROTS WITH SWISS CHEESE AND BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil.
• Add carrots and cook for 5-7 minutes, or until carrots are crisp-tender.
• Plunge into ice water to stop cooking.
• Layer half of carrots in a 2-quart baking dish.
• Cover with 3 slices Swiss cheese.
• Repeat with remaining carrots and cheese slices.
• In medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• Add onion and cook for 2 minutes, or until soft.
• Sprinkle flour, salt and chili powder over onions.
• Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Add milk and cook for 10 minutes, stirring until thickened.
• Pour sauce over carrots and cheese.
• In small bowl, combine bread crumbs, bacon and melted butter.
• Sprinkle evenly over carrots and sauce.
• Bake for 25 minutes.

MAKE-AHEAD BAKED CARROTS

Steps:

• If not making ahead of time, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 1 1/2 qt baking dish.
• Peel and slice carrots. Cover with salted water and bring to a boil, cook for 15 minutes or until tender. Drain and place in baking dish.
• Meanwhile, saute onion in butter over medium heat until translucent.
• Add flour to onions, stirring to incorporate. Then slowly add milk, stirring as you go. Add salt, sugar and dry mustard and stir again.
• Pour white sauce over carrots. Combine bread crumbs and melted butter, sprinkle over top of casserole.
• If making ahead, cover casserole and put in fridge until needed. Remove 1/2 hour before coooking and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

SWISS AND BACON DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Brown bacon in nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Drain crisp bacon bits on paper towels.
• In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, Dijon, Swiss and scallions with cooked bacon. Transfer to a shallow small casserole or baking dish and bake until golden and bubbly at edges, 15 to 18 minutes. Top with chopped smoked almonds. Place dip on a platter and surround warm casserole with breads and carrots for dipping.

BAKED CARROTS WITH CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Steam carrots until almost tender, about 20 minutes. Transfer carrots to prepared dish. Melt butter in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and celery and sauté until beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Mix vegetables into carrots. Combine cheese and flour in medium bowl. Toss to coat cheese evenly with flour; mix in cream. Stir cheese mixture into carrot mixture. Sprinkle stuffing mix over. Bake carrots uncovered until sauce is bubbling thickly and topping is crusty, about 20 minutes.