Roasted Fennel Recipe: The King Vegetable of Provence

Get a taste of the south of france and work on your mediterranean diet with this lovely dish.
This has to be the best way on how to cook fennel. It's simple it's quick and it taste delicious, it just does not get better then that.
this fennel side dish goes very well with grilled fish such as salmon, ocean trout or other white fish.

Ingredients for 4 people ( as a side dish):
2 fennel bulbs
a dozen cherry tomato on the vine
salt and pepper to season
olive oil to sprinkle over.

Cooking times:
12 mn blanching time ( precooking the fennel in salty boiling water)

Roasting the fennel with tomatoes:
in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees celsius /392 F
then finish of for a further 5 minutes under the broiler to chargrill the fennel slightly.

The one and only cast iron dutch oven I use:

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[t-dawg]

I'm the cook in a family of five, and I insist in cooking with mainly fresh ingredients. In order for the work not to get out of hand during the week, I use three requirements: it must be relatively quick to make, it must be healthy and it must be delicious. Your recipe definitely fulfills all three. Merci pour la recette. Elle est vraiment délicieuse !

[thegrynne]

Love how this delicious dish doesn't need any butter, cheese or cream. I'm lactose intolerant, and sometimes it feels like French food exists to taunt me.

[domdomak]

I made these, I half boiled some potatoes and put them in the oven with the fennel it was

[TheGhextreme]

I cooked this recipe as soon as I saw the video. It was great - I really loved how tender the fennel was, and how the tomatoes burst open and mixed their juice with the olive oil and fennel. Its going to be a regular recipe in my food plan from now on. Thanks for sharing.

[ellenw]

Thank you SO much. I adore roasting root veggies at high temp & often add fennel. The fennel is never tender enough. I never thought to blanch it. Now I can't wait to do my veggies but with your spin on the fennel!

[cojun]

Wow - I have cooked fennel before, but this was the best one I ever had! Really delicious - and ashamingly easy to make. I found some Olive Ciabatta in my supermarket, roasted some slices in a pan and rubbed them with some garlic (Bruschetta style) - and then of course put the bread slices in to the oven form to soak up all of the oily goodness in there. Such a great little lunch meal! Thanks for the recipe - you totally made my day/lunch! :-)

[beasokolova]

Thank you...followed your guideline for cooking fennel...superb..I like your presentation as you get straight to the point...
Look forward to future recipes...
Bea

[sonya_vegan_mindfullife]

Thank you so much. I'm trying it for the first time from South Africa 🌍

[coolabah-blue]

Thank you 🙏🏻 I have fennel in my garden that is ready to cook, I am excited to try your recipe 🤗

[grosey]

Lovely with a white fleshed fish like Australian snapper. A bit of sliced green chilli. We wouldn’t use a broiler, just the humble barbecue.

[CarolPennington]

Bonjour! I just bought Fennel for the first time and this will be the first Fennel recipe I try as it looks simple but very appealing. The other comments suggest I will not regret trying this recipe.

[JulieWallis]

I have a beautiful fennel to cook with tonight’s dinner, I shall be cooking it this way. It’s such a lovely vegetable to enjoy with fish.

[szabodavidka]

France is a beautiful country and the food is the best in the world

[glw]

I made a delicious dinner after watching this video. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills!

[bridiecarter]

I've never had fennel and this turned out so good! Now I won't ignore the 'odd vegetable' anymore.

[LiarNoseOnFire]

Superb as always chef ! I was in Auchan Perpignan yesterday and bought two superb Fennel Bulbs and am in process of following your excellent recipe. Allez, On y Va !

[rysara]

Thank you so much for your recipe. I have to cook Fennel tomorrow for my customers and i never cooked this before. ( i come from Thailand LoL ) but now i can sleep and ready for tomorrow. Millions thanks 🙏 🙏🙏🙏

[Marcel_Audubon]

Loving this vegetable side dish series!

[sharihoffman]

I've made roasted fennel but not this which looks amazing. BTW, one time I squeezed lemon on it prior to roasting and the fennel came out "lighter/fluffy" which was great. But, I like the idea of blanching too which I can't wait to try. Never thought of using little tomatoes. Can't wait to do that too! Many thanks! :)

[cocochanelle]

Merci beaucoup pour cette recette ! Cela me rappelle la Provence ! Dallas tx USA.