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Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 (180 fan). Butter the serving dish. Trim the tops from the fennel and cut each bulb in half through the root, then cut each half lengthways into three wedges.

roughly mash the potato in a bowl with the olive oil and butter, then season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. To make the fennel sauce, heat the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat.

Chop finely, together with the fennel bulbs and celery ... Check and stir at least once to make sure nothing catches them on the bottom. Meanwhile, in another pot, heat up your vegetable stock ...

A mandolin makes this dish very quick to make and thinly sliced potatoes will ... as it makes a luscious sauce around the potatoes and fennel. If using broccoli rather than the sweet shoots ...

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We love Provençal vegetable soup, made with navy beans, tomatoes, carrots, fennel, zucchini, onion and green beans, and topped with pistou, a pesto-style basil puree. This soup is great for a ...

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In a medium pot over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in onions and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent and just starting to have some color, about 6 minutes. Add fennel ...