The creamy pasta with caramelized fennel is a vegetarian first course, with a rich and exquisite sauce.
For this recipe, I dressed the pasta with some cooking cream, then added the caramelized fennel cooked in a pan and served it all with toasted breadcrumbs (flavored with oregano and lemon zest).
With simple, fresh, and quality ingredients, you’ll serve a tasty and refined dish.
For more delicious recipes:
Recipes with fennel
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 2 People
- Cooking methods: Stove
Ingredients
- 7 oz pasta
- 7 fl oz cooking cream
- 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- to taste oregano
- lemon zest
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- to taste salt
- 1 fennel bulb
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 knob butter
- to taste salt
Steps
For creamy pasta with caramelized fennel, wash and clean the fennel, then slice it.
In a pan, pour the extra virgin olive oil and the fennel. Place on the stove over moderate heat and cook for 5 minutes. Then, lower the heat, add the butter, and stir to combine.
Next, pour in the balsamic vinegar and brown sugar. Stir again to combine the ingredients.
Cook the fennel for another 15 minutes, stirring often. The fennel should be cooked but crunchy. Salt at the end of cooking.
In a large pan, pour the cream and heat it on the stove with a spoonful of pasta cooking water.
In a small pan, heat a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, then add the breadcrumbs with grated lemon zest and chopped oregano. When the breadcrumbs are toasted, pour them into a small bowl.
Cook the pasta in plenty of salted, boiling water; once cooked (preferably al dente), drain it and pour it into the pan with the cream.
Add the caramelized fennel and toss for a couple of minutes. If the sauce becomes too dry, add some pasta cooking water.
Serve the pasta with the toasted breadcrumbs. Enjoy!
If you make one of my recipes, share it on social media using the hashtag #ricettedilibellula.
To receive the new recipes for free every week in your email, subscribe to the Newsletter.
If you prefer to receive the recipes directly on your phone, subscribe to the Telegram channel or the WhatsApp channel.
