Dinner · 40 min · Amounts not specified
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Holiday roots, honey, orange, a stick of cinnamon. Raisins if you have them. It should glaze, not candy. Better next to brisket than alone.
The sheet · 4 as a side · 40 min
easyWhy tonight. Holiday roots, honey, orange, a stick of cinnamon. Raisins if you have them. It should glaze, not candy. Better next to brisket than alone.
What it needs
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- carrot
- sweet potato
- honey
- cinnamon
- orange
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: raisins.
Method
- Long and low, covered, so everything goes soft and sweet rather than roasting.
- Orange juice as the liquid, honey for the sweetness, and cinnamon early since it is a long cook.
- Uncover it for the last twenty minutes so the liquid reduces to a glaze.
- It is unapologetically sweet, and a little vinegar or lemon at the end stops it being cloying.
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- Roasting vegetablesFor the Best Roasted Vegetables, Start with Steam | Techniquely with Lan LamAmerica's Test KitchenSteam first, then roast. It solves the usual problem of browned outside and raw in the middle.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Produce prepCitrus SupremeEpicuriousCutting the pith and membrane away so the segments come out clean — the prep behind every citrus salad.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- carrot
- Sweetness that survives long cooking, which is why it sits under so many braises.
- sweet potato
- Sugar as well as starch, so it browns and burns faster than a potato does.
- honey
- Sweetness with a floral edge and enough body to change the texture of what it is in.
- cinnamon
- Warm and sweet-smelling without being sweet, which is why it works in a stew as readily as in a pastry.
- orange
- Sweeter and rounder than lemon and lime, so it softens rather than sharpens.
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