Best Fennel With Olive Oil Dipping Sauce Recipes

GARLIC-INFUSED OIL AND DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• To make the garlic oil, in a small saucepan, gently heat the oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until it is fragrant but not colored, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool. Cover and let steep for 1 hour. Strain into a sterilized bottle or jar and discard the garlic. Use within 24 hours. (Or store in a sterilized container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.)
• To make the dipping sauce, place the oil at room temperature in a shallow bowl or decorative plate. Swirl a drizzle of balsamic decoratively into the center. Sprinkle with the pepper flakes, salt, and ground black pepper, and top with a light coating of cheese.
• Serve as a dip for hot bread.

FENNEL WITH OLIVE OIL DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• For the dipping sauce, combine half the olive oil and garlic in a small saucepan and turn heat to medium-low. Cook, shaking pan occasionally, until garlic begins to sizzle. Remove garlic from oil, and pan from heat. Add cold oil to pan along with salt, pepper and lemon zest to taste.
• Trim fennel, and cut into thin strips. Serve with dipping sauce.

OLIVE OIL DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the olive oil, garlic, oregano, salt, rosemary, basil, and pepper in a skillet over medium heat; cook until the garlic begins to sizzle, about 5 minutes. Remove immediately from heat.

EXTRA-VIRGIN OLIVE OIL DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, parsley, oregano, kosher salt, and black pepper together in a small bowl; marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.

GARLIC AND FENNEL INFUSED OIL

Steps:

• Combine garlic, fennel and oil in a heavy saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer until fennel and garlic are very tender, 45 minutes to an hour. Remove from heat and allow the mixture to come to room temperature. Strain oil, pressing on solids, into a clean bottle and refrigerate.
• Remove tender garlic and fennel from strainer. Mash mixture and season with salt and pepper. Use as spread for crostini or crackers

FENNEL BRAISED WITH OLIVE OIL AND LEMON

Steps:

• Trim the tops and bottoms from the fennel bulbs, reserving a handful of the fronds. Quarter the bulbs. Set each quarter on its side and slice off most of the core. Cut the quarters into wedges about 1-inch thick (don't worry if some pieces fall off the wedge-use those too).
• In a large skillet with a tight-fitting lid, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat until almost smoking. Add the fennel and cook, without stirring, until golden brown on the bottom, about 5 minutes. Stir and let some more pieces brown for a minute or two.
• Stir in 1/2 cup water, scraping the bottom of the pan. Season with salt and pepper. Lower the heat to medium and cover the pan. Simmer, shaking the pan and adding more liquid occasionally if the pan is dry, until the fennel is very tender, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, chop the reserved fennel fronds and mix them with the lemon zest.
• When the fennel is tender, stir in the lemon juice and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the olives, remove from the heat and let stand for about 1 minute to warm the olives. Transfer the fennel to a platter. Sprinkle the fennel frond mixture over the top, drizzle with additional olive oil and serve.

BAGUETTE WITH DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the Parmesan cheese, oil, vinegar and seasonings. Dip bread slices into sauce.