Dinner Tonight: Roasted Fennel Tomato Sauce

Name: Dinner Tonight: Roasted Fennel Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 397 grams can whole tomatoes, crushed by hand; 1 teaspoons chili flakes; 2 fennel bulbs, cored and sliced; 2 Tbsps whole fennel seeds; 8 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 79 milliliters olive oil; 2 larges onions, peeled and sliced; 118 milliliters shredded Parmesan; 1 teaspoons salt; 454 grams short pasta

Dinner Tonight: Roasted Fennel Tomato Sauce might be just the sauce you are searching for. One serving contains 739 calories, 24g of protein, and 24g of fat. This recipe serves 4. If you have olive oil, canned tomatoes, short pasta, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450°F.

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Oven

Combine the fennel, onion, garlic, oil, chili flakes, fennel seeds, salt, and pepper in a roasting dish and roast, tossing once or twice during cooking, for 15 minutes.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Fennel Seeds

Fennel

Garlic

Pepper

Onion

Salt

Cooking Oil

In the meantime, bring a pot of salty water to boil and cook the pasta until al dente. Reserve some pasta cooking water.

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Pasta

Water

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Pot

After 15 minutes of roasting, stir in the crushed tomatoes, combining well. Roast 5 to 10 minutes more, until the fennel is tender and starting to brown.

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Crushed Tomatoes

Fennel

Drain the pasta and toss with the roasted vegetables and Parmesan, adding some pasta cooking water if necessary until the sauce is loosened and coats the pasta.

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Vegetable