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Roasted Roots with Herbs

35 minutes - 40 minutes

Serves 4

Vegetarian

This recipe is from Delia's Happy Christmas.

This is a winner for entertaining, not least because all the vegetables can be cooked together with little or no attention.

This can also be prepared 2-3 days before, tossed in oil and herbs and kept in a polythene bag in the fridge.

The Delia Online Cookery School: Another lovely winter vegetable is cauliflower, and you can watch how to cook them in our video on this page.

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Method

First scrub the carrots and parsnips, dry them well and place them in a large bowl with all the other prepared vegetables.

Now add the crushed garlic, olive oil and mixed herbs, then using your hands, mix well to make sure they all have a good coating of the oil. You can leave them like this covered with clingfilm for up to 2 hours until you are ready to cook them - in which case the oil will have nicely absorbed the flavour of the garlic and herbs.

Then arrange them on the baking tray, sprinkle with salt and a good grinding of black pepper and cook in the pre-heated oven on a high shelf for 35-40 minutes or until they are cooked through.