Nic
09-10-2005, 09:30 AM
I had a bulb of fennel and not much else fresh in the house last night, so I made this up. It was rather tasty, so I thought I'd share it, as fennel is so cheap at the moment that I thought other people might have some lying around, and its one of those veg that can be a bit hard to work out what to do with. Its adapted from a chorizo and fennel recipe I saw a while back in the Evening Standard.
One bulb fennel
One tin tomatoes
1 tsp Bouillon
two non-dairy (I used vegan) frankfurters
chili powder
salt and pepper
Chop fennel into bite-size chunks, saving the leaves. Fry until a little brown. Add Bouillon (made up with about 100ml boiling water) and cook until fennel is no longer hard. While this is simmering, cook frankfurters in microwave and chop into bite-size chunks. Add frankfurters, tin of tomatoes, chili powder, chopped fennel leaves, salt and pepper to the fennel mixture. Bubble for as long as you can resist the smell, then cook pasta and put sauce over. This does two portions.
If anyone is interested in calories, one portion (half of this recipe) works out at 160 so its quite low. But it depends mostly on the frankfurters that you use, mine were 110 calories each but some are more.
Nic
One bulb fennel
One tin tomatoes
1 tsp Bouillon
two non-dairy (I used vegan) frankfurters
chili powder
salt and pepper
Chop fennel into bite-size chunks, saving the leaves. Fry until a little brown. Add Bouillon (made up with about 100ml boiling water) and cook until fennel is no longer hard. While this is simmering, cook frankfurters in microwave and chop into bite-size chunks. Add frankfurters, tin of tomatoes, chili powder, chopped fennel leaves, salt and pepper to the fennel mixture. Bubble for as long as you can resist the smell, then cook pasta and put sauce over. This does two portions.
If anyone is interested in calories, one portion (half of this recipe) works out at 160 so its quite low. But it depends mostly on the frankfurters that you use, mine were 110 calories each but some are more.
Nic