Our favourite fennel seed marinade and dip.
It’s Burrata time, so yay… we can have one of our favourite recipes from our Otto Lenghi Simple book… again.
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Simple food idea
The dish is based on a burrata with basil leaves… nothing new there. It’s what accompanies the cheese that makes this our favourite ! So whilst the burrata is special, we’ve also had it with buffalo mozzarella and it’s just as good 🙂
So what else is in it. Some sweet, red, chargrilled grapes in a wondrously delicious fennel seed dressing.
Break the salad up into parts, and you’ll find lots of ways to use them.
We’ve had just the grapes and still it’s yummy.
and then… I dipped some sourdough bread in the leftover marinade and was in 7th heaven !
Now I make the marinade on it’s own and add a little more olive oil to have just as a dip. It’s perfect to serve with your bread basket at a BBQ… especially if it’s fish on the BBQ.
the simple recipe
1 teaspoon fennel seeds ( toasted and lightly crushed)
2tablespoons good sherry vinegar
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 garlic clove crush or purée
1.5 teaspoon soft brown sugar ( next time I want to try a stevia substitute or agave syrup)
0.25 teaspoon good salt flakes
A decent amount of black pepper .
Mix it all up and use to marinade the grapes.. or just dunk your bread in.
It’s my favourite new dip for Paul’s sourdough bread. I just keep adding olive oil to make it last longer !
Inspiration...
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Perfect for a buffet or party finger food.
Our grapes are super sweet here and huge ! Just thread about 4 on a little skewer – or 2 if you get these extra huge ones like the one above !
We used the fancy sticks we use in cocktails. Marinate the grapes in the fennel mix overnight if you can. The recipe says to do it up to 4 hours… we’ve even done it for 30mins and it’s nice too.
Serving Idea
We have two skewers per person for a lunch dish. They’d be great on a buffet, or as party finger food too.
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