Baked apples with fennel

Time: 1 hour 10 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 6

If you're looking for new flavor combinations, try a baked apple and fennel side dish. Use sweet and tart apples, rub them with sweetened butter, fennel, and spices, and bake them whole in the oven along with the fennel root. Baking will subdue its vibrant flavor. This unique fruit and vegetable side dish will perfectly complement turkey or chicken, adding a more festive touch to the main dish.

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Recipe:

Combine 4 tablespoons of softened butter with 1 tablespoon of fennel seeds, 2 teaspoons of sugar, and salt and pepper to taste; use some of the mixture to grease a baking dish. Rub the remaining mixture inside and out of 4 peeled, cored apples.

Place 4 thick onion rings in the bottom of a baking dish and top with the prepared apples. Add the quartered fennel root to the dish. Bake in a preheated oven at 425°F (220°C) until the apples are tender, 1 hour.