Photo: Warm Shaved Fennel with Pink Grapefruit Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 fennel bulb
- 1 pink grapefruit
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt
- 1/4 cup slivered cerignola or other big green olives
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice
- 1/4 cup picked fennel fronds
Directions
Using a mandoline, slice the fennel into thin shavings.
Cut the bottom and top off of the grapefruit. Using a knife, cut the peel off of the sides, following the curve of the grapefruit and being careful only to cut away the peel and bitter pith. Hold the fruit in 1 hand over a bowl and cut the flesh of the grapefruit away from the membrane to release a wedge. Repeat until all segments are released.
In a large saute pan over medium heat coat with extra-virgin olive oil and add the fennel. Season with salt and saute for 1 to 2 minutes or until the fennel is warm and coated with the oil. Remove from heat. Toss in the grapefruit segments, olive slivers and juice and sprinkle with the fennel fronds. Serve immediately.
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By bluesix21_10032008
Los Angeles, CA
on August 20, 2011
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Some of these reviews are just terrible! Obviously people are rating the recipe based on their own personal taste preference for the ingredients! This is an EXCELLENT recipe and the fennel and grapefruit combo go wonderfully together. These are actually 2 pretty complimentary taste combos that many chefs use together. Before you make a recipe, maybe you should ask yourself, have I ever eaten fennel? Do I know that it has a strong licorice-y flavor with some bite to it? Or do I realize a grapefruit is not sweet like an orange? It taste bitter and the citric acid will start to break down anything I put with it and make it mushy if it sits around? Don't assume a five star recipe is going to knock your socks off if YOU don't like the ingredient in it! That's just ignorant. Nothing wrong with this recipe at all but you may not like it if you're not a fan or grapefruit or fennel folks!
By rlafond_12714233
Renton, 87
on March 06, 2010
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I've been using foodnetwork.com for years for hobbyist catering and home cooking without reviewing recipes. Generally I've found that five-star rated recipes can be used without a trial run since they tend to be wonderful as long as I use my own discriminating eye on them.
I registered today to tell others that this recipe was just not delicious to me in any way--flavor/texture/smell....none of it worked for me. It was somewhat tasteless and, as another reviewer stated, was quite mushy (and if anything I warmed the fennel less time than the recipe recommends to avoid this. I do realize that everyone has a different palate, but this was the only item at my event that had any leftovers--and I threw them away as soon as I got the chance.
I would just encourage anyone to try it out beforehand if cooking for money = ...and if you're trying to decide between this and another dish, choose the other dish.
By kumar.ahmed_121...
hurst, 83
on September 22, 2009
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Anne should do a better job of cooking. This tasted awful. It tasted very mushy. I'll take Pat and Gina Neely any day!
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