Baked Fennel au Gratin

Name: Baked Fennel au Gratin
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 30 g (1¼ oz) butter; 30 g (1¼ oz) plain flour; 1 kg (1 lb) fennel (trimmed weight), the bulbs cut into 5 mm (¼-inch) strips; 25 g (1 oz) butter, melted; 125 g (4 oz) thin streaky bacon rashers; 50 g (2 oz) dry breadcrumbs; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 450 ml (¾ pint) milk; bay leaf

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

A sensationally good vegetable dish which can be prepared well in advance and baked just before serving. It is delicious with any meat or fish.

Ingredients

1 kg (1 lb) fennel (trimmed weight), the bulbs cut into 5 mm (¼-inch) strips

Americas
United States
Side dish
Baking

Method

Preheat the oven. Place the fennel strips in a large pan of boiling salted water and boil them for about 5 minutes, until the fennel is just al dente. Drain, refresh under cold running water and drain again and then turn into a 1.75-litre (3-