2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Light green and with aniseed aroma fennel is a vegetable that deserves attention. It can be found in stores all year round but its season is summer.
Of Mediterranean origin, it combines well with products from this area. The head of fennel should be heavier than it seems for its size. If it is fresh and without stains on the surface, you can use it without peeling it.
For salads, the fennel is cut into thin slices and soaked in ice-cold water for a while to make it even more crunchy. For baking or stewing, cut into chunks. Save the fennel leaves to sprinkle on the finished dish.
Fennel seeds come from a plant that is different from the fennel family. They look like cumin seeds, but swollen and pale green in color. Fennel seeds give aniseed flavor to Italian sausages and sweet pastries.
Let me offer you a recipe to discover the taste of this wonderful vegetable.
Summer steaks with fennel
Necessary products:
4 pork chops without bacon - about 250 g each
2 large heads of fennel - cut into 8 pieces each
2 cans of beans - 400 g each
100 g of cherry tomatoes
100 ml of white wine
2 heads of figure - one cut into slices and the other into small pieces
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp fennel seeds - slightly crushed
1 lemon - 1/2 sliced, the other 1/2 - just juice
Method of preparation: Fry the steaks seasoned with salt and pepper in 1 tbsp. olive oil briefly and then remove to a plate. In the same bowl put the fennel and onion slices and cook for about 2-3 minutes, stirring. Drizzle with wine and allow to reduce slightly.
Add the lemon slices and the remaining olive oil and place in a preheated 200 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Stir and place the steaks on top of the vegetables and bake for another 20 minutes.
Then add the tomatoes and cook until the meat is cooked through and the fennel is golden. Mix finely chopped onion, beans, lemon juice and fennel seeds. Remove the meat to a plate and mix the mixture with the beans and roasted vegetables. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
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