Braised fennel
As a main dish (with rice) the quantities below serve one. As a side dish it would serve 2.
From Vegetable Literacy by Deborah Madison, a recent gift which has a lot of recipes I want to try!
Ingredients
Ingredients
1 bulb fennel, sliced
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, sliced
2 tsp fennel seeds
pinch saffron
1/2tsp dried thyme
1 clove garlic, minced
3tbsp tomato purée
360ml stock
1tsp salt
Directions
Directions
- Heat the oil and add the onion, fennel seeds, thyme, and saffron. Cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add the fennel and cook until golden, stirring occasionally.
- Add the garlic, tomato paste, stock, and salt. Stir, cover, and simmer for 15 mins.
- Enjoy :)
This recipe tastes even better made with vegetables from Community Harvest Whetstone :)