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Tart Cherry Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe

Feb 3, 2016 by Dara 17 Comments

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It will be love at first bite! With a caramelized tart cherry glaze, this roasted vegetable recipe is perfect for special occasions or weeknight meals. Thank you to The Cherry Marketing Institute for helping me to share this recipe with you.
Tart Cherry Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables…Amazing flavors in this side dish! You won’t be able to stop eating them. 202 calories and 6 Weight Watcher Freestyle SP

Tart Cherry Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables…Amazing flavors in this side dish! You won’t be able to stop eating them. 202 calories and 6 Weight Watcher Freestyle SP

When we were first married, my husband and I were gung-ho about eating out on Valentine’s Day. We’d make restaurant reservations weeks in advance, get all gussied up and hit the town to celebrate the holiday. Many years later, after a few too many sub-par prix fixe Valentine’s meals, we came to the realization that eating at home, favorite beer and wine in hand, fire in the fireplace, was the way to go.

Tart Cherry Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables…Amazing flavors in this side dish! You won’t be able to stop eating them. 202 calories and 6 Weight Watcher Freestyle SP
When brainstorming ideas for this year’s Valentine’s dinner, I immediately thought of Montmorency tart cherry juice. Surely I could use it as a glaze for some sort of entrée or side dish. The rich red color just screams, “Valentine’s Day!” It just seems meant to be!

I started playing around with both the juice and the concentrate. After a bit of tinkering, I decided that the Montmorency tart cherry concentrate, when simmered and reduced, makes the best syrupy glaze. Since the concentrate is naturally tart, I sweetened things up slightly with some maple syrup and added a dash of heat with a few shakes of hot sauce.

Tart Cherry Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables…Amazing flavors in this side dish! You won’t be able to stop eating them. 202 calories and 6 Weight Watcher Freestyle SP

Now that I had the perfect glaze, what was I going to put it on? Really, it could work with anything from chicken and beef to salmon and vegetables. I settled on roasted root vegetables, since we can’t seem to get enough of them lately and I knew that their natural sweetness would be the perfect foil for the tartness of the glaze.

This recipe calls for gold potatoes, sweet potato, rutabaga, red onion and carrots but, really, you could use almost any root vegetables that appeal to you. Use a different kind of potato, add beets, swap out the rutabaga and add in a turnip. The sky’s the limit!

Tart Cherry Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables…Amazing flavors in this side dish! You won’t be able to stop eating them. 202 calories and 6 Weight Watcher Freestyle SP

This recipe is part of a special Valentine’s Day progressive dinner starring Montmorency tart cherries. Be sure to visit ChooseCherries.com for the rest of the dinner menu, including these flavorful dishes:

Beverage: Tart Cherry Old Fashioned from Jelly Toast

Appetizer: Cherry & Goat Cheese Bites from A Couple Cooks

Entrée: Rosemary Roasted Cornish Hens with Pears and Tart Cherries from Love & Zest

Dessert: Tart Cherry Tartelettes from Love & Lemons

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Tart Cherry Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe

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Prep Time 15 mins
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Tart Cherry Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables…Amazing flavors in this side dish! You won’t be able to stop eating them. 202 calories and 6 Weight Watcher Freestyle SP

Serves 8

Ingredients

    The glaze

  • 1/2 cup Montmorency tart cherry concentrate
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup
  • 3/4 tsp hot sauce
  • The vegetables

  • 1 1/4 lb. gold potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 (3/4 lb.) rutabaga, peeled & cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 (3/4 lb.) sweet potato, peeled & cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 3 carrots, peeled & cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 red onion, peeled and cut through the root into 8 wedges
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 tsp crushed rosemary

Directions

    The glaze:

    1. ½ cup Montmorency tart cherry concentrate
    2. /3 cup water
    3. tbsp maple syrup
    4. ¾ tsp hot sauce

    The vegetables:

    1. ¼ lb. gold potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces
    2. (3/4 lb.) rutabaga, peeled & cut into 1-inch pieces
    3. (3/4 lb.) sweet potato, peeled & cut into 1-inch pieces
    4. carrots, peeled & cut into 1-inch pieces
    5. red onion, peeled and cut through the root into 8 wedges
    6. ¼ cup olive oil
    7. /4 tsp salt
    8. ¾ tsp crushed rosemary
    9. Directions:

    The glaze:

    1. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the tart cherry concentrate, water, maple syrup and hot sauce.
    2. Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer. Cook, stirring every couple of minutes, until the glaze is reduced by more than half.
    3. Remove from heat and let the sauce rest for about 15 minutes to thicken further.

    The vegetables:

    1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F, with oven rack placed in the bottom two positions. Lightly coat two baking sheets with cooking spray.
    2. In a large bowl, combine the gold potatoes, rutabaga, sweet potato, carrots and red onion.
    3. Drizzle the olive oil over the vegetables, season with salt and crushed rosemary, and stir gently to combine. Take care not to break apart the red onions.
    4. Divide the vegetables evenly between the two prepared baking sheets.
    5. Roast for 20 minutes, then gently stir the vegetables and rotate the baking sheets from rack to rack, and front to back.
    6. Roast until the vegetables are tender when pierced with a fork and golden brown in some spots, an additional 15 minutes.
    7. Drizzle 3 tablespoons of the tart cherry glaze over each portion of vegetables. Stir gently to coat.
    8. Return to the oven for 3 minutes. Serve.

    by From the kitchen of cookincanuck.com

    Recipe Notes

    Weight Watchers Points: 6 (Freestyle SmartPoints),  6 (Old SmartPoints), 6 (Points+)

     

    Disclosure: This post was sponsored by The Cherry Marketing Institute as part of my ambassadorship with them. All opinions are my own. This post contains links to my Amazon affiliate page. Any revenue made from sales through these links helps to support this blog. Thank you!

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    Comments

    1. Jamielyn@iheartnaptime says

      Feb 3, 2016 at 9:00 am

      This looks amazing! Gorgeous photos too!

      Reply
    2. Deb Harrington says

      Feb 3, 2016 at 9:25 am

      Beautiful photo Dara; what a pop of appealing color. Where does one find Montmorency tart cherry concentrate? It’s something I’ve never heard of. Thanks so much for your time and have a beautiful day! 🙂

      Reply
      • Dara says

        Feb 13, 2016 at 1:40 pm

        Hi Deb, I typically replenish my tart cherry concentrate stock from Amazon, but I’ve also seen it at GNC stores, as well as other health food stores. Here are several options on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1mz6wgd (in full disclosure, this is an affiliate link).

        Reply
    3. Erin @ Texanerin Baking says

      Feb 3, 2016 at 11:59 am

      I’m totally with you on the staying at home thing. It’s so much cozier! And I bet this is amazing with the tart cherry concentrate. I have to give this a try!

      Reply
    4. Justine | Cooking and Beer says

      Feb 3, 2016 at 2:04 pm

      Your photos are absolutely beautiful, and we are definitely homebodies! I’m obsessed with the fact that these veggies are glazed with cherry. It’s such a brilliant idea!

      Reply
    5. Beth says

      Feb 3, 2016 at 3:43 pm

      We used to do the exact same thing! But its always so crowded that we usually skip going out now!

      Reply
    6. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

      Feb 3, 2016 at 6:07 pm

      I so agree – we always used to go out until we realized how much the jack up the prices!! Now eating at home is a must. These veggies look SO good!

      Reply
    7. Sylvie says

      Feb 3, 2016 at 7:39 pm

      What a terrific glaze!

      Reply
    8. Maryanne @ the little epicurean says

      Feb 3, 2016 at 9:06 pm

      Beautiful! Who knew vegetables could be so photogenic! Love that tart cherry glaze!

      Reply
    9. Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles says

      Feb 4, 2016 at 11:09 am

      I agree – home for Valentine’s Day is the way to go! And this tart cherry glaze…wonderful on the roasted veggies!

      Reply
    10. Matthew From Nomageddon says

      Feb 4, 2016 at 7:09 pm

      I never thought of mixing the flavors of cherry and root veggies before but now that I see this post I think it’s a great idea.

      Reply
    11. Liz @ The Lemon Bowl says

      Feb 4, 2016 at 7:51 pm

      I can’t wait for you to visit the cherry capitol of the world!! And I love the sweet and spicy combo of this glaze- so gorgeous!!

      Reply
    12. Renee - Kudos Kitchen says

      Feb 5, 2016 at 5:12 pm

      Dara, my dear, this is brilliant!!! The color and sheen the cherry glaze gives the roasted veggies is incredible!! not to mention the touch of tart and sweetness that I’m sure the glaze adds. You are my hero! I simply can not wait to try this new method of roasting veggies!

      Reply
    13. Georgie says

      Feb 13, 2016 at 7:02 am

      Where can I get the Montgomery tart cherry concentrate? Tia

      Reply
      • Dara says

        Feb 13, 2016 at 1:39 pm

        I typically replenish my tart cherry concentrate stock from Amazon, but I’ve also seen it at GNC stores, as well as other health food stores. Here are several options on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1mz6wgd (in full disclosure, this is an affiliate link).

        Reply
    14. Flora says

      Oct 7, 2017 at 8:02 pm

      I just printed it & I see the amount of water is 1/3 cup
      Sorry.
      Looks great.

      Reply
      • Dara says

        Oct 8, 2017 at 5:14 pm

        No problem! Glad it worked out. 🙂

        Reply

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