22 July 2009
Recipe - Fennel Braised In Milk
This is an unusual, but great, Italian style way of making fennel as a vegetable. It’s really great with a traditional English roast chicken.
Ingredients
900g fennel bulbs
1tsp sea salt – more or less to taste
½ tsp organic cinnamon
½ tsp organic nutmeg, freshly grated
½ tsp organic black pepper, freshly ground
200ml full fat milk
120ml double cream
1tsp sugar
Clean fennel, remove bruised parts and the stalks. Blanch in boiling salted water for 3 minutes, then drain and cut into 2.5cm segments.
Put the spices and 150ml milk in a pan and add the fennel. Cover and cook over a gentle heat for 20 minutes, or until tender. Add more milk if the fennel looks dry and turn it around to ensure that it is cooked all over. At the end of the cooking there should be no liquid left.
Pour over the cream and add the sugar. Stir gently and cook for 5 minutes.
