The hunter-style fennel is a hearty and flavorful side dish, perfect for accompanying many main meat courses as well as a nice platter of cold cuts and cheeses or even a nice omelet or fried eggs. There are several ingredients, but I assure you that the preparation is very easy, and in the end, you can even mop up the sauce with some bread, so prepare plenty! With the base sauce, of course, instead of fennel, you can cook the classic hunter-style rabbit or chicken! But now, without further ado, go try the recipe!
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Very affordable
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for the hunter-style fennel
- 1.1 lbs fennel (weighed after cleaning)
- 8.5 oz peeled tomatoes
- 6.3 oz Taggiasca olives (weighed after draining)
- 5 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 2 stalks of celery
- 2 carrots (medium size)
- 3 cloves red garlic
- 1 golden onion
- 1 tsp sage (fresh or dried)
- 1 tsp rosemary (fresh or dried)
- to taste mixed peppercorns (freshly ground, abundant)
- 1 glass water (or light white wine if you prefer)
- to taste salt
Useful Tools
- Kitchen Scale
- Cutting Board
- Knife
- Wooden Spoon
- Frying Pan
- 1 Teaspoon
- 1 Glass
Preparation of the hunter-style fennel
Clean the celery of its strings and the carrots of their ends, wash them, dry them, and cut them first into strips then into small cubes, put them in a pan.
Add the 3 peeled but whole garlic cloves and finely chopped onion to the pan.
Now add the oil, pepper, rosemary, and sage, stir and put on medium heat, stirring occasionally, let it sauté for 5/6 minutes.
Now add the olives, slightly crushed peeled tomatoes, and water, lightly salt, and let it go on low heat.
In the meantime, clean and wash the fennel and coarsely chop them into large pieces, add them to the pan, and cook for another 15/20 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
At the end of cooking, the hunter-style fennel should have a soft but not liquid sauce, a well-reduced sauce, once ready serve them hot at the table and enjoy your meal! In the summer, they are also delicious cold!
Tips
At the end of cooking, before serving, you can add an extra sprinkle of freshly ground pepper!
