
When you’re craving healthful consolation that comes collectively merely, this caramelized fennel, tomato and butter bean skillet is simply the factor. This saucy vegan dinner options slow-cooked fennel and shallots with herbs, tangy and candy cherry tomatoes, toothsome butter beans, and a lemony walnut topping. Apart from arugula fennel salad, that is one in all my favourite recipes for the marginally licorice-y vegetable.









Fennel and tomatoes collectively is prompt recipe satisfaction for me personally. After I was engaged on this dish in my kitchen, I used to be aiming for a jammy and recent tomato sauce with tender fennel slices and butter beans to make it hearty. All scooped up with crusty sourdough bread? Heaven on earth at dinnertime! It jogs my memory of the fennel and tomato gratin in my cookbook, and in addition this confit fennel with pink wine lentils.
The sweetness of the caramelized fennel works so properly with the tangy cherry tomato sauce and large, satiating butter beans. The fennel is sautéed at a barely decrease temperature for about 20 minutes with garlic, floor coriander, shallots, recent thyme, and a bay leaf. The slices of fennel get so tender and form of soften into the cherry tomatoes because it all simmers collectively. I like that this tomato and butter bean skillet options easy components and cooks up in a single vessel.
The topping options peppery parsley, chopped toasted walnuts, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Fennel and walnuts are irresistible collectively and the tiny little bit of crunch is good too. Just a bit textural variation for you!
After all I like the chunk of butter beans, however navy or cannellini beans would even be scrumptious right here. Recently I’ve been shopping for dried butter beans and cooking them from scratch as a result of the feel is simply so beautiful. They’re noticeably higher than canned butter beans in my view. Toothsome and delicate on the similar time! Additionally the sheer dimension is simply so dramatic and enjoyable to play with. A notice: dried butter beans are sometimes bought as lima beans with all the opposite dried beans in shops.
Hope you like this one! Excellent for when you have to burn up an entire pound of cherry tomatoes. Additionally, bread for dipping and scooping is completely vital 😊














Caramelized Fennel, Tomato & Butter Bean Skillet
A healthful and easy consolation dish, this tomato and butter bean skillet with tender slices of caramelized fennel options easy components that each one come collectively in a single pan. Excellent with crusty bread for dinner.


Servings 2 -4
Substances
- ¼ cup toasted walnuts, finely chopped
- ¼ cup chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- sea salt and floor black pepper, to style
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 medium shallots, small cube
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon recent thyme leaves, minced
- 1 teaspoon floor coriander
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 fennel bulbs, cores eliminated and sliced (about 600 grams)
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 lb (454 grams) cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup vegetable inventory, plus further
- 1 ¾ cups cooked/canned butter beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Tamari soy sauce
Notes
- Chop up some toasted pumpkin seeds for the topping you probably have a walnut allergy!
Directions
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In a small bowl, mix the chopped walnuts, parsley, lemon zest, and a few salt and pepper. Toss to mix and put aside.
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Place a big, deep skillet or braiser on the range over medium warmth. Pour within the olive oil and swirl it round. Add the shallots and sauté till delicate and translucent, about 4-5 minutes. Add the garlic, thyme, coriander and bay leaf and sauté for 1 minute.
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Add the sliced fennel and decrease the warmth to medium low. Season with salt and pepper. Proceed cooking the fennel till it’s delicate and caramelized, about 20 minutes. If the fennel is browning too quick, add splashes of water.
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As soon as fennel is tender and caramelized, add the tomato paste and return warmth to medium. Stir for 1 minute. Add the cherry tomatoes and stir. Season once more with salt and pepper. As soon as the cherry tomatoes let off some juices and begin effervescent, simmer for five minutes. Then, add the vegetable inventory and butter beans to the skillet and stir.
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Simmer the fennel, tomato, and butter bean combination for 10 minutes, or till the sauce is barely thickened. Add extra vegetable inventory if essential to loosen up the consistency. Stir within the lemon juice and Tamari and examine the dish for seasoning. Modify the seasoning if vital earlier than topping with the walnut and parsley combination. Take pleasure in scorching with crusty bread.

