Pasta with Fennel and Onions

Description

We took a cooking class and this is the recipe that we learned. We LOVE it! The fennel gives the flavor palette a unique twist. We combine it with Allrecipes’ Grilled Sausage with Pepperonatta for a family-style feast!

Ingredients

  • 2 large fennel bulbs
  • 2 onions
  • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 (16 ounce) package linguine pasta
  • 4 roma (plum) tomatoes, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch dice
  • 2 lemons, juiced
  • ¼ cup pine nuts
  • 1 cup freshly shaved Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Trim fennel bulbs
  2. cut in half lengthwise
  3. and remove tough cores. Thinly slice fennel bulb halves lengthwise. Peel onions
  4. slice in half lengthwise
  5. and thinly slice onions lengthwise.
  6. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir fennel and onions until onions are translucent
  7. about 8 minutes. Pour in white wine
  8. turn heat up to medium-high
  9. and cook
  10. stirring often
  11. until the wine has nearly evaporated and fennel and onions begin to brown
  12. 8 to 10 minutes.
  13. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite
  14. about 11 minutes; drain and keep warm. Reserve 1/4 cup of pasta water.
  15. Stir tomatoes into the fennel mixture and cook until the tomatoes soften
  16. about 3 minutes. Mix lemon juice and pine nuts into the vegetables.
  17. Stir linguine into the fennel mixture and mix in reserved pasta water. Cook pasta and vegetables over high heat
  18. stirring until hot and thoroughly combined
  19. about 2 minutes. Serve in a large serving bowl topped with Parmesan cheese.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

Servings: 8

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