Sicilian-Style Gratinated Fennel in the oven or air fryer.
Today’s side dish is a delicious, fresh, and light dish that is prepared in a few minutes with ingredients we always have on hand.
Not only with this recipe will you solve many side dishes that you can make using other vegetables, such as zucchini, peppers, and tomatoes.
Yes, you understood correctly with the same recipe and using the King of Sicilian cuisine, namely seasoned breadcrumbs in our way.

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Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Very Cheap
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Electric Oven, Air Frying
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Fall, Winter, and Spring

313.13 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 313.13 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 37.65 (g) of which sugars 4.60 (g)
Proteins 7.90 (g)
Fat 14.32 (g) of which saturated 2.27 (g)of which unsaturated 1.55 (g)
Fibers 4.51 (g)
Sodium 660.74 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 175 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

Sicilian-Style Gratinated Fennel

14 oz fennel (weighed after cleaning)
1 cup breadcrumbs (Sicilian seasoned)
3.5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
to taste salt
to taste pepper

Sicilian-Style Gratinated Fennel

Tools

what we need to prepare

1 Cutting Board
1 Bowl
1 Knife
1 Baking Tray non-stick wide and shallow
parchment paper

Steps

Let’s go to the kitchen

Turn on the static oven at 392°F for the first part of the cooking.
Clean the fennel, removing the outer leaves, the greener ones.
Cut the fennel first in half, then into thin slices.
Place them in a bowl, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Prepare the Sicilian seasoned breadcrumbs, following the recipe by clicking here.
Moisten the breadcrumbs with extra virgin olive oil, and mix well.
Now pour the breadcrumbs into the bowl with the previously seasoned fennel.
Make sure the seasoning takes all the slices well.
Transfer the fennel to a fairly wide tray with a sheet of parchment paper underneath.
The excess breadcrumbs in the bowl, put it on top.
Bake for 5 minutes in a ventilated oven, then at maximum temperature with grill for another 10 minutes.
After the time has elapsed, open the oven door and keep them inside until the tray can be taken by hand. But do not wait long otherwise they lose crunchiness.
Now you can serve, Sicilian-Style Gratinated Fennel in the oven are ready
Follow the preparation instructions indicated above.
Place a perforated sheet with fennel on top in the air fryer drawer.
Perform the preheating then cook for 10 minutes at 392°F.
Here are the Sicilian-Style Gratinated Fennel ready