ROOT CAUSE
From core mirepoix component to stalwart of meat and three-veg dinners, to simple snack, the humble carrot is as versatile as it is universal. But as good as a bunch of carrot sticks in the lunchbox might be, chefs around the country are recasting this root vegetable in new, exciting roles.
Some of these guises are subtle – see the hasselback carrots with mountain pepper at Sydney’s newly opened Mary’s Underground – while others, such as the Dutch-carrot soufflé with scampi roe served by Phil Wood at Pt Leo Estate on the Mornington Peninsula, push the boat out a
