Tangy Salt-Roasted Fennel
- Contributed by Michael Cimarusti
- ACTIVE: 25 MIN
- TOTAL TIME: 1 HR 25 MIN
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SERVINGS:
8
Recipe: Tangy Salt-Roasted Fennel
- HEALTHY
- MAKE-AHEAD
- VEGETARIAN
Ingredients
- 2 medium lemons
- 8 medium fennel bulbs, halved lengthwise and cored
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 8 small thyme sprigs
- 2 garlic cloves, thickly sliced
- 8 Gaeta or Calamata olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
- 1 1/4 pounds kosher salt
- Preheat the oven to 400°. Using a sharp knife, peel the lemons, removing all of the bitter white pith. Cut each lemon crosswise in 4 slices.
- Cut eight 12-inch squares of aluminum foil. Set a lemon slice in the center of each square of foil. Top the lemon with 2 fennel halves, overlapping them slightly. Season with salt and pepper. Scatter the thyme, garlic and olives over the fennel, drizzle with olive oil and fold each square into a neat package.
- Spread the kosher salt on a large, rimmed baking sheet. Nestle the foil packets into the salt, seam side up. Bake the fennel for about 1 hour, or until very tender. Carefully open the packets over a bowl to catch the roasting juices. Transfer the fennel to a deep platter, pour the juices on top and serve.
- From Malibu Garden Party
- Published August 2005





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