Carrots, Ham, Lardo and Herbs

In our don’t leave well enough alone approach to cooking we decided to pair the ham flavored carrots with the sheet of basil specked lardo. We added sliced garlic chives and some more bush basil leaves from the weed patch to complete the dish. The lardo is served initially chilled and the warm carrots temper it quite quickly adding another layer seasoned aromatic fat to the dish. Initially I wanted to add an egg yolk cooked in bacon fat to this as well, but fate intervened and the dish is all the better for it.