Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Easy Roasted Fennel with Parmesan

Fennel is underrated.  The sweet, anise-y flavor is a great addition to a salad, but recently I've been roasting it to intensify it's sweetness, and I'm hooked.

Roasting any vegetable is super easy, and almost always results in a winner side dish (my personal exception:  broccoli).  Try this dish as a fun and simple way to enjoy a new veg, the underrated fennel.

Easy Roasted Fennel with Parmesan

2 small or 1 large head of fennel
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste (about 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon)
2-3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese (preferably freshly grated)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Remove the bottom root end and the top fronds of the fennel, reserving the fronds.  Rinse, pat dry and slice into 1/4 inch slices.

Arrange in an oven safe dish.  Sprinkle with the olive oil and toss in the dish to coat each piece.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper:



Bake for 10 minutes.  Remove from oven, stir the fennel around in the pan to ensure even roasting:


Bake for an additional 10 minutes or until the fennel is tender. Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese and reserved fronds and serve immediately:



Serves 4 as a side dish.

Life is sweet,
SPC

1 comment:

Erlinda Kaes said...

My husband and I have been having lots of problems living together, he never gives me attention or makes me happy because he has fallen in love with another woman outside our marriage. I tried my best to make sure that my husband leaves this woman but the more I talk to him about it the more he makes me feel sad and unhappy, My marriage started leading to divorce because he no longer gives me attention. I wanted to forget him but i love him and didn't want to lose him. We have been married for years and he is all I could call a true best friend and best in all, the man that handles my problems perfectly, the man that makes sacrifices for ,my happiness. I wanted him back in my life badly and I was so confused. My Friends told me to buy books about relationships, so I went online for relationship books while I came across a spell caster called Dr Emu. I read testimonies and reviews about him so I contacted him immediately, explained my problems to him. Same day , he casted a spell for me and assured me for 2 days that my husband will return to me and to my greatest surprise the third day my husband came knocking on my door and begged for forgiveness. I am so happy that my love is back again and not only that, we are about to get married again, he proposed. I wouldn't stop talking about him. Contact him today if you need his help via email: emutemple@gmail.com and you will see that your problem will be solved without any delay. Website: https://emutemple.wordpress.com/