In Season: Fennel
Photograph from clayirving on Flickr
Fennel is a sight for sore eyes during the potato-filled winter months. Crunchy like celery and and slightly sweet like licorice or anise, it'll brighten your plate right up. Fennel loses its flavor as it ages so be sure to eat it right away. It'll keep in your crisper for about four days.
Fennel Recipes
- Fennel, Arugula and Green Apple Salad
- Miso Soup with Fennel and Ginger
- Fennel Soup with Parmesan Cream
- Ridiculously Easy and Insanely Delicious Fennel Sausage
- Crunchy Baked Fennel
- Lidia Bastianich's Baked Fennel with Prosciutto
- Roasted Halibut with Grapefruit Fennel Salsa
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9 Comments:
I made this recipe by Dan Barber in NY Mag. over Thanksgiving weekend--it was awesome. And it is dairy free for the non-dairy folks!
greenfield at 11:03AM on 12/14/08
when cooked down slowly it makes for a creamy-ish topping to fish or chicken. We did it with Rainbow Trout: Trout w/ a Romesco-esque Sauce and Onion/Fennel "Relish"
or in a gratin like this: Chicken with Dauphinoise Potato and Fennel Gratin
it tastes so different in its cooked form, i highly recommend trying it!
weareneverfull at 11:37AM on 12/14/08
Ina Garten did a whole salmon stuffed with cooked fennel and onions once. It looked so good I've always wanted to try it.
buffy at 11:58AM on 12/14/08
I love finocchio as a digestif. No idea why it works but it does. I ate it cold like a raw veggie for most of my life then saw a gratin of fennel and just had to try it. The gratin had parm, bread crumbs, tons of garlic. It was excellent!
therealchiffonade at 1:41PM on 12/14/08
Don't forget Fennel and Celery Salad by Mark Bittman.
bfroehle at 1:53PM on 12/14/08
The best success I've had with fennel is combining it with dried apricots and thickly sliced apples tossed in olive oil and salt-then roasted on a pan. It cooks fast, so you need to watch it (and use an apple hard enough to withstand roasting (Granny Smith are great for this) . My four year old son really loves this and would probably eat it every day if I let him.
Goodythecook at 2:49PM on 12/14/08
Rachel Ray's
Pumpkin Polenta with Italian Sausage and Fennel
completely easy and delicious!
http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/30-minute-meals/pumpkin-polenta-with-italian-sausage-and-fennel/article.html
cesnyc at 6:07PM on 12/14/08
@goodythecook-- that sounds FABULOUS!
Christina at 10:05PM on 12/14/08
I forgot I posted the recipe at the blog when I made it :
http://eattheblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/roasted-fennel-with-apples-and-apricots.html
Goodythecook at 10:49PM on 12/14/08