Fennel With Sweet Onions Recipes

MARMIE'S EASY ROASTED FENNEL WITH ONION

Steps:

• Place the following in a greased casserole (or Ziplock bag if preparing ahead.).
• Cut top and bottom of Fennel away, saving green leafy top as you can eat the whole Fennel using it for garnish or in salads.
• Peel exterior layer off Fennel.
• Cut Fennel in quarters lengthwise, then cut each quarter again if it is a large Fennel, and cut away 'core' from each piece. Place sliced Fennel in bowl or Zipper bag.
• Peel and slice Red Onion in quarters length wise. Add to Fennel.
• Core, seed and slice Red Pepper in similar manner. Add to Fennel.
• ***NOTE *** To coarsely crush garlic a little bit easier -- Break the head of the garlic into individual cloves with your hands and discard paper covering. Slice bottom of each garlic clove away and discard end. Place clove on a cutting board, lay a wide knife flat, or a spatula over the clove and smack it with your fist to crush it! The paper will just pop away, discard paper. Use garlic clove as desired.
• Peel and crush garlic cloves. Add to Fennel.
• Add Olives to Fennel.
• Add 1/4 cup olive oil, rosemary, kosher salt and pepper, mix coating vegs with the oil and spices.
• Mix lemon juice and wine in separate cup add 1/2 of the liquid to Fennel and mix all together.
• Set remainder of wine/lemon liquid aside until/if required during roasting.
• Pour fennel mixture into an appropriately sized casserole dish if not already there. If coming from a bag take a spatula and scrape all the yummy seasonings out of the bag and pour over vegs.
• Roast in oven at 425 degrees for approximately 30-45 min uncovered until nicely golden and softened.
• Stir occasionally to prevent burning.
• Add remaining wine/lemon mix to fennel if necessary while roasting.
• Enjoy.

BRAISED FENNEL WITH ONIONS AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fennel, onion, and bell pepper and saute 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. You want to make sure all of the veggies get a chance to be on the bottom of the pan. At this stage, you will have a little bit of caramelization, but if you see too much browning your heat is probably too high.
• Place the fennel seeds on a cutting board and gently press on them with the back of a chef's knife or rolling pin. You want to lightly break the seeds to release their flavor but not break them to bits or powder. Add broth and next four ingredients (broth through garlic).
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in basil and fennel fronds.

ROASTED SWEET POTATO, FENNEL, AND ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Combine the first 6 ingredients in a jelly roll pan or shallow roasting pan coated with cooking spray; toss to coat.
• Bake at 400° for 35 minutes or until the vegetables are tender, stirring every 10 minutes.
• Combine vegetables and bread in a large bowl. Combine chopped cilantro and remaining ingredients, stirring mixture with a whisk.
• Drizzle juice mixture over vegetable mixture, tossing gently to combine. Serve immediately.

CREAMED PEARL ONIONS AND FENNEL WITH CRISPY SPICED BREADCRUMBS

Steps:

• Position rack in middle of oven and preheat to 400ºF. Brush a 2-qt. gratin or baking dish, preferably oval or rectangular, with 1/2 Tbsp. butter.
• Cut fennel bulb and stems into 1/4" pieces. Finely chop 2 Tbsp. fennel fronds; set aside.
• Combine onions, fennel bulb and stems, 1/4 tsp. salt, and 3/4 cup water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and simmer 5 minutes. Drain onion mixture, pat dry, and transfer to prepared dish.
• Bring cream and 1/2 tsp. salt to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, then pour over onion mixture. Bake 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine orange zest, breadcrumbs, cheese, parsley, black pepper, red pepper flakes, reserved fennel fronds, 1/2 tsp. salt, and remaining 3 1/2 Tbsp. melted butter in a medium bowl.
• Remove onion mixture from oven and top with breadcrumb mixture. Return to oven and continue baking until breadcrumbs are deep golden brown and cream is bubbling around the edges, 25-30 minutes. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

ROASTED FENNEL AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Place the fennel, peppers, onion and garlic in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Drizzle with oil; sprinkle with salt, pepper and rubbed sage. Toss to coat., Bake, uncovered, at 425° until tender, 20-25 minutes, stirring twice. Garnish with fresh sage if desired.