Thanksgiving Side Dish: Roasted Orange Spiced Carrots - Cooking by the Book

Ingredients

• 4 bunches baby carrots, scrubbed or peeled
• ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
• Kosher salt, to taste
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
• 1 teaspoon dill seeds
• 1 teaspoon black pepper corns
• 2 bay leaves, broken into pieces
• 1 star anise
• 1 small dried red chili, or more to taste
• ¼ cinnamon stick
• 4 large shallots, sliced
• 2 celery stalks, washed and sliced into wafers
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 tablespoons red curry paste, sambal, or sriracha adding more to taste
• Juice and zest of 2 oranges
• Juice and zest of 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 scallions finely sliced