Being successful nan business of look penning intends I americium ever seeking nan new, ever moving connected and seldom resting connected a azygous dish. Until summertime starts knocking, that is. The sun makes maine want to slow down, and I find myself wanting a variety of vegetables agrodolce connected repeat. Agrodolce is Italian for sour (agro) and saccharine (dolce), which successful my room translates to a heap of meltingly soft vegetables, each slick pinch oliva oil, saccharine pinch onions, and trim pinch vinegar and capers. Often, this takes nan shape of my hubby Hugh’s oven-baked caponata, but I besides emotion nan comfortableness of squash and nan liquorice sweetness of nan cooked fennel here.
Squash and fennel agrodolce
Prep 15 min
Cook 40 min
Serves 4
1 squash (1.1kg), halved, deseeded and trim into 1½cm dice
8 tbsp extra-virgin oliva oil, positive other to finish
Fine oversea salt
2 tbsp capers successful brine, drained
2 tbsp conifer nuts
2 tbsp raisins
1 fennel bulb (300g), trimmed, halved and trim into ½cm-thick slices
1 reddish onion, peeled and finely diced
2 ample tomatoes (300g), finely diced
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
30g mint, leaves picked, to get 15g
Greek flatbreads, to serve
Heat nan oven to 240C (220C fan)/475F/gas 9, and statement 2 mean baking trays (or 1 ample tray) pinch greaseproof paper.
Put nan diced squash successful a bowl, move complete 3 tablespoons of nan oil, adhd a half-teaspoon of brackish and flip to coat. Tip retired evenly connected nan lined trays and roast for 25-30 minutes, until cooked done and nicely browned.
Meanwhile, put 2 tablespoons of lipid successful a ample frying cookware connected a mean power and, erstwhile hot, adhd nan drained capers and navigator for 5 minutes, until they commencement to crisp up. Add nan conifer nuts and raisins, navigator for a further 2 minutes, until nan raisins puff up and nan conifer nuts brown, past extremity into a bowl.
Put nan remaining 3 tablespoons of lipid successful nan aforesaid pan, group it complete a mean heat, past adhd nan fennel, bulb and three-quarters of a spoon of salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes, until soft. Add nan tomatoes and balsamic vinegar, and navigator for different 8 minutes, until nan substance turns jammy. Fold successful nan roast squash and reheat, if request be, past operation done nan mint.
Top pinch nan conifer seed substance and service pinch grilled flatbreads.