This Roasted Fennel makes a great side dish because it’s incredibly easy to make, and so delicious. Raw fennel is sharp and tastes like aniseed, but it transforms when roasted, losing all of its anise flavour and crunchy texture to become buttery and caramelized.
Agrodolce is an Italian sweet and sour sauce with a sticky consistency. Its name is Italian for “sour” (agro) and “sweet” (dolce). A classic agrodolce recipe contains reduced honey (or sugar), vinegar, pine nuts, red onion/shallot and a mixture of dried fruits, such as raisins, cranberries or dried apricots. The sauce is fantastic with Brussel's sprouts, cauliflowers or broccoli too.
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- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F. Halve the fennel bulbs. Remove the fronds and reserve for the garnish. Drizzle the fennel halves with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large frying pan over medium heat, then sear the fennel, cut-side down, until browned, 3 minutes. Transfer to a roasting tin and roast for 40-45 minutes, or until tender and caramelised.
- Meanwhile, blend Greek yoghurt and Feta until well combined. Add in chopped parsley and season with salt and pepper. Mix until well-combined. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Take the fennel out of the oven and leave to cool while you make the spicy agrodolce. Heat a skillet with olive oil. Add in shallot, stirring briefly, then add in garlic and sauté until they become slightly golden brown, about 3 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until syrupy, 5 minutes.
- To serve, spread the yoghurt mix onto a large plate. Top with the fennel bulbs and spoon the agrodolce over. Garnish with the reserved fennel fronds. Enjoy!
20 comments:
They look attractive, Angie.
....this is new to me!
Agrodolce sounds like a lovely word to pronounce, even though I cannot stand Italian for some reason LOL
Oh wow, I love fennel and this will certainly be on the menu very soon. Thanks so much for this recipe. I hope all is well, Diane
El hinojo no lo utilizo nada, pero cada día veo recetas deliciosas como esta que me hacen plantearme preparar alguna. Me gustaría probarlo.
I love fennel raw, as well as roasted. I will be making this!
Mmm, I like sweet and sour kind of sauces. This kind of looks interesting which I must try.
Looks yummy, I have never heard of agrodolce, sounds delicious.
Take care, have a great day!
This looks delicious. Can't wait to try it out soon!
Yum, the fenal looks so darn good!
Haven't done fennel in awhile
That looks so scrumptious!
Se ve diferente. Gracias por la receta. Te mando un beso.
A nice way to eat fennel.
Looks delicious, thank you Angie :)
This looks absolutely fabulous! What a great, interesting and tasty way to use fennel ! Shall suggest the recipe to many a friend!!!
I've never tried fennel and I need to try it. I like this recipe, and I was wondering what agrodulce was. Thanks for sharing all this info.
Looks good, Angie.
This is new to me.
I will be harvesting some fennel to try this.
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