Caramelized Root Vegetables

Caramelized Root Vegetables

1 orange sweet potato

3 medium russet potatoes

5 small to medium carrots, white, orange, purple

6 pearl red onions

5 cloves garlic

Butter for greasing casserole dish

2 Tablespoons olive oil

1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon lavender salt

1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon lavender pepper.

Wash and then peel, the sweet potato, russet potatoes and carrots. Cut out any bad spots. Slice the sweet potato and russet potatoes into 1/4 to 3/8 inch medallions and then slice the medallions in half. Slice the carrot in half horizontally and then slice each half lengthwise and then again until one has multiple lengthwise quarters of carrots. Peel the red onions; trim off the root ends and slice the onions in half. Peel the garlic cloves and trim both ends. Grease a 2.5 liter (9x9x2 inch) casserole dish with butter. Place vegetables in dish. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with lavender salt and pepper. 

Cover and Bake at 300 degrees F. for 2 hours. Onions and garlic will caramelize. Vegetables will be soft but not mushy.