FENNEL UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch cake pan with 1 teaspoon olive oil.
- For the fennel: In a medium saucepan over medium heat, dissolve the sugar in 3/4 cup water, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Add the fennel, salt and lemon juice, and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and cook until the liquid is reduced by three-quarters, about 15 minutes. Spread the candied fennel evenly over the bottom of the prepared cake pan. Set aside to cool slightly.
- For the cake: Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, olive oil, lemon zest and fennel pollen. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and whisk until just combined. Pour the batter evenly over the candied fennel. Place in the preheated oven and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then invert the cake onto a plate to cool completely.
- For the sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together the raspberry jam, lemon juice and 2 tablespoons warm water.
- Sprinkle the cake with a few picked fennel fronds. Slice into wedges and serve with a spoonful of the sauce.
FENNEL SALAD
Steps:
- If the fennel still has its stalks, trim them away. Cut the bulbs into quarters, top to bottom, and remove the core and any unattractive outer leaves. Cut the fennel quarters against the grain into paper-thin slices.
- Place the oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a large bowl and whisk to combine. Add the fennel and toss to coat each slice with some of the vinaigrette.
- Mound the salad attractively on a platter or divide among 4 plates. Shave the Parmesan over the salad using a mandoline or truffle shaver. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
CANDIED-FENNEL-TOPPED LEMON CAKE
Provided by Maggie Ruggiero
Categories Cake Dessert Easter Mother's Day Lemon Fennel Butter Buttermilk Gourmet Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Prepare cake pan:
- Lightly oil pan and line bottom and side with a large round of wax paper, pleating sides and trimming to fit. Lightly oil paper. Line side with a 2-inch-wide strip of wax paper long enough to wrap around inside of pan to cover pleats, then lightly oil.
- Make candied fennel:
- Cut fennel bulb lengthwise with slicer into enough 1/4-inch-thick slices (about 9) to cover bottom of cake pan.
- Cover fennel with cold water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Drain fennel and set aside. Add sugar, water (3/4 cup), zest, and fennel seeds to saucepan and bring to a simmer, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Add fennel slices and very gently simmer until tender and translucent and liquid is syrupy, about 40 minutes. Lift fennel slices out with a fork and arrange decoratively in bottom of cake pan. If you have more than 1/3 cup syrup, boil to reduce; if less, add water. Cool syrup slightly, then pour (through a fine-mesh sieve if desired) over fennel.
- Make cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in zest.
- At low speed, mix in flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, and mixing until just combined. Gently spoon batter over topping, spreading evenly.
- Bake until cake is golden-brown and a wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool cake in pan 15 minutes, then invert onto a plate and continue to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.
BAKED APPLES WITH CANDIED FENNEL AND PISTACHIOS
In our [Egg Salad with Lemon and Fennel](/recipes/food/views/350908) , fennel contributes juicy crunch and a nice hit of bright flavor. Here, the leftover fennel goes in a decidedly different direction: Candied in a sugar syrup, it has a softer snap and becomes more mellow. Along with pistachios, golden raisins, and fennel seeds, it makes a sophisticated filling for baked Gala apples. Many baked-apple recipes are too homey for company, but this version, with its spectrum of greens and golds, would be the highlight of any dinner party menu.
Provided by Maggie Ruggiero
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
- Cover fennel with cold water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil, then drain. Return fennel to saucepan and stir in sugar, water (3/4 cup), zest, and fennel seeds. Gently simmer, uncovered, until fennel is tender and translucent and liquid is syrupy, about 45 minutes. Cool fennel slightly in syrup.
- Core apples from top using a melon baller, leaving about 1 inch intact at base. Arrange apples in a baking dish just large enough to hold them.
- Transfer fennel with a slotted spoon to a bowl (reserve syrup and zest) and add pistachios and raisins. Finely chop zest and stir into fennel mixture. Fill apples with some of mixture, reserving remainder.
- Stir 1 tablespoon lemon juice into reserved fennel syrup and pour over apples. Add butter to baking dish and bake apples, covered with foil, 25 minutes. Uncover and bake, basting occasionally, until tender, about 25 minutes more.
- Stir remaining fennel mixture and lemon juice to taste into syrup in dish. Serve over apples.
FUNNEL CAKES
These American funfair favourites are a cross between a doughnut and churros - fill a funnel or piping bag with batter and drizzle into hot oil to make squiggly round cakes
Provided by Cassie Best
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Snack, Treat
Time 30m
Yield Makes 20
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Pour enough oil into a large saucepan to come halfway up the sides, it should be about 7cm deep. Heat until the oil reaches 170C-180C on a thermometer, or if you don't have one drop in a chunk of bread - the oil is hot enough when it browns in about 30 secs.
- Whilst the oil heats up, whisk together the flour, icing sugar, baking powder, milk, eggs and a good pinch of salt. Transfer the batter to a disposable piping bag and secure the end with a peg (you'll need another peg for the other end, once you've cut it open.)
- When the oil is hot, snip off the end of the piping bag to make an opening about 1cm wide - the batter will drizzle out so pinch it closed until you're ready. Hold the piping bag over the oil, release your finger and drizzle the batter in in a swirly circle shape. Pinch the opening to close it, then make another cake, you should fit about 3 in the pan it one time, depending on the width of your pan. Secure the piping bag with another peg whilst the cakes cook, they'll need about 1 min on each side, or until they're golden brown and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper and dust generously with icing sugar, best eaten straight away.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 153 calories, Fat 10 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 13 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 3 grams protein, Sodium 0.2 milligram of sodium
PISTACHIO FENNEL CAKE W/CANDIED FENNEL
Steps:
- CF: Bring sugar and 1C water to boil over medium high heat. Remove from heat. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Cover vanilla syrup and cool. Preheat oven to 300*F. Using mandoline, cut fennel crosswise into thin slices. Place in 8x8 glass dish. Scatter orange peel over fennel. Pour vanilla syrup over and cover w/foil. Bake 1 hour. Uncover and bake until syrup thickens and fennel is translucent, but still crisp tender, about 30 minutes. Cool; discard vanilla bean. Can be made 1 day ahead. Transfer to bowl; cover and chill. Cake: Preheat oven to 325* Spray 10" springform pan w/baking spray. Toast fennel seeds for about 2 minutes. Place fennel seeds, pistachios, flour and salt in processor until finely ground. Beat egg yolks with 3/4C sugar unitl pale and fluffy (3 min) Beat in vanilla extract. Add pistachio mixture; fold just until blend. Clean mixer, beat egg whites until frothy. Gradually beat in remaining 1/4C sugar; beat until egg whites are stiff and shiny. Stir 1/3 egg mixture into pistachio mixture. Gently fold in remaining egg whites in 2 additions. Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top. Bake until center is just set, top is golden and tester inserted into center comes out moist, about 35 minutes. Run knife around edge of pan to release cake; Cool completely. Cut cake into wedges and serve w/candied fennel and ice cream w/drizzle of syrup
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