Fennel Salad Recipe

by Vesna
(Sustainableecho.com)

Fennel is one of those vegetables that we never know quite what to do with. We've really liked it the few times we've cooked with it
but it's never the kind of vegetable we're likely to just pick up in the produce aisle.

This salad just may change that. It is delicious and fresh, but still hearty and substantial. And best of all, it taught me that you don't have to bake or braise fennel -- it is extremely delicious served raw.

Pumpkins are so versatile, keep well for a long time and taste great, they are packed with goodness vitamins, minerals and other nutrients with only 15 cal per 100 grams raw.

One of my favourite pumpkin recipes is pumpkin and fennel salad recipe. All in all, this salad just strikes all the right notes with me and it is a big hit with my friends too...


Pumpkin and Fennel Salad Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 medium butternut pumpkin or small Kent pumpkin

1 fennel bulb

Salad leaves of your choice

2 tablespoons roasted sesame seeds or pumpkin seeds

2 tablespoons olive oil

A drizzle of sesame oil (omit if using pumpkin seeds)

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

1 teaspoon honey

Salt and white pepper to taste


Preparation:

Cut and peel pumpkin into chunky cubes or slices

Reserve the seeds


Roast pumpkin in the oven or cook in a heavy skillet

Remove outside layers of fennel bulb and slice thinly on a mandolin (white part only)

Mix olive oil, apple cider vinegar, orange juice, honey, salt and pepper. Heat if serving salad warm

Arrange salad leaves (I’ve used young rocket, green salad and beetroot leaves)

Top with cooked pumpkin and sliced fennel

Sprinkle sesame or pumpkin seeds

Drizzle with dressing

Bon Appétit!


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Original Fennel Salad Recipe