Title: Slieve na mbam carrots (traditional irish dis
 Categories: Vegetables
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
     12    Young carrots
      3 tb Butter
    1/2 c  Milk
           Salt & pepper to taste
    1/2 c  Heavy cream
      2    Egg yolks
      1 ts Chopped fresh parsley
 
     Trim and wash the carrots and halve lengthwise. Melt butter over
  med. heat.  Add milk, season with salt and pepper. Add carrots and
  cook gently until just tender. Remove from heat and stir in cream and
  beaten egg yolks. Reheat but do not boil, stirring constantly until
  the eggs thicken. Correct seasoning and add parsley.
  
     NOTE:  The reddish crest of Sleieve na mBan (The Mountain of Women
  in Ireland) rising above the milk-white mist that forms there gives
  its name to this dish of cream-wreathed carrots.