Fennel and orange is a classic combination, which until now, I never had the opportunity to try. When I saw more beautiful fresh fennel at the farmers market I knew it was time. Frequently, the combination is raw fennel and raw oranges in a salad. However, because I much prefer fennel cooked I thought it would work nicely sauteed, and served with some freshly grilled salmon.
Before making this, I googled for a recipe and found a very similar Rachael Ray recipe that called to also use rosemary. I was a bit skeptical, rosemary and salmon? But all the strong flavours of the fennel, salmon, and rosemary came together very nicely. I will most definitely be combining orange and fennel again, maybe even raw. Maybe.
(serves 2)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 medium onion, thinly sliced
1 bulb fennel, cored and thinly sliced
salt and pepper
1 small sprig rosemary, leaves removed
1 orange, cut into wedges
2 portions, fresh salmon
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper
In a heavy pot, over medium low, get 1 tablespoon of oil warm. Add onion and fennel and sweat until soft, tender and sweet. Add rosemary leaves, cover and reduce to low, meanwhile cook salmon.
Get a grill really hot and oil it. Massage salmon with 1 tablespoon of oil and salt and pepper. Grill salmon, skin side down for a few minutes, then flip. Cook until medium rare and remove to a plate.
Remove the skin and white from orange, and cut into wedges, toss with fennel. To plate serve salmon, skin side up on a bed of fennel and orange.
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Hey!
We mix fennel with oranges all the time! It's actually a Sicilian salad recipe that my Bf's mom makes. She mixes fennel, oranges, lemon, and olive oil. She also sprinkles in some salt and chili flakes… it's very good
Nice recipe by the way… I'm jealous that you guys in Vancouver get the good salmon!
I've never had fennel and orange together either. This looks amazing and since I have fennel growing in my garden, must give this flavour combination a try!
Makes me wonder what else I've been missing out on.
Ange – that actually does sound pretty good, I love the idea of chilies. I will eat anything spicy!
Charmian – you lucky thing, I tried fennel last year and it went nowhere.
Ha! I tried to grow fennel as well… they grew, but they were ohhhh sooo small. I have no idea why they came out so tiny!
Orange and fennel are wonderful together. Your salmon looks beautiful!
This looks like a GREAT recipe!! I will have to try it out. I know I need to eat more salmon, but I am not crazy about it, so I like to find and try new recipes.
Wonderful flavor combination!
GIGI – it works!