Plate spread with ricotta and fennel and potato on top
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SERVES:
2-4 as a side
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
40 minutes

Looking for a vegetarian side dish that holds its own? This recipe for Roasted Fennel and Potatoes on Ricotta is simple and only requires a few ingredients, but comes together into a seriously flavourful plate.

Roasting fennel is like giving it a whole new personality. When fennel's fresh, it's got a crisp, slightly sweet, and anise-like flavour. But when you roast it, that flavour deepens into something more caramelised and mellow, with a hint of nuttiness.

The lemon zest in the ricotta base brings a zippy brightness that cuts through the richness of the other flavours. The combination with fluffy roasted potatoes makes for a dish that's comforting yet sophisticated, and will soon have you eating it like a main! Otherwise, it's perfect alongside chicken, fish or pork.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 fennel
  • 3 medium potatoes, parboiled and chopped into chunks
  • 250g Ricotta
  • Juice and zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • Salt & pepper
  • Parmesan cheese

INSTUCTIONS:

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C
  2. Rinse the fennel, then separate the stalks and fronds from the bulb. Reserve the fronds for garnish.
  3. Cut the fennel bulb into 1/8’s segments
  4. Add fennel segments to a roasting tray along with parboiled, chopped potatoes and season with olive oil, salt & pepper.
  5. Roast for 40 minutes until nice and caramelised.
  6. While the vegetables are roasting, combine ricotta, the lemon juice and zest, garlic and 1 Tbsp olive oil in a bowl. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
  7. When veggies are done roasting, spread the ricotta mix onto a flat dish and scatter the fennel and potatoes on top.
  8. Finish with grated parmesan and fennel fronds.
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Roasted Fennel and Potatoes on Ricotta

Enjoying fennel roasted like this is sure to turn you into a fennel fanatic! This side dish brings caramelised flavours on a creamy base with lemon to add zing.
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