Fennel is one of those intimidating vegetables with its overwhelming aroma of anise. Uncooked, it wards off small children and those who aren’t familiar with its sweet licorice flavor. I had a fennel bulb or two in the frig, and I waited all week to make sausage and fennel frittata with a side of fresh baked Italian bread and an arugula salad with a Dijon vinaigrette. While I was cooking the frittata, my grandkids showed up unexpectedly, and I was hesitant to serve it to them. Surprisingly, my anise-filled kitchen didn’t scare off my granddaughter. She loved the flavor combination of the sausage and fennel, and she ate most of the slice I had in my plate (she spit out the arugula). My grandson ate M&M’s.
Sausage and Fennel Frittata Recipes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes
Servings: 8
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Ingredients
- 1 fennel bulb cleaned and chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 1/4 pound sweet Italian sausage casing removed
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 10 eggs
- 2 tablespoons grated Romano cheese
- 1/4 cup cream
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the broiler, with the top rack about 6 inches from the top.
- Heat olive oil in 10-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat. Cook Italian sausage until almost done. Add onions and fennel and cook until soft, about 5-7 minutes.
- Whisk the Romano and cream with the eggs. Pour the eggs over the sausage and fennel. Stir gently until the eggs over the sausage and fennel. Cook until the eggs are mostly set, with just a thin film of liquid on top, about 5-7 minutes.
- Put the skillet under the broiler until the top of the frittata is set and browned, about 3-4 minutes.
This would make a perfect lunch for me. I love it.
Looks amazing! Frittata’s are my go-to food when I am to tired to cook. My little one loves eggs and you can load them with great things that are good for them. Can’t wait to try this!
This looks delicious!! I’m going to have to add it to my recipes to try ASAP! Thanks!
Wow this looks fantastic!!!! Thank you so much! Pinning
This looks delicious! I’ve been trying to find fennel recipes since I just tried it again recently and really liked it!
This looks really delicious! I love egg and sausage casseroles!
I love frittata, I will try your delicious recipe!