Tzatziki sauce with fennel
For 4 people
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 15 minutes plus 45 minutes resting time

Tzatziki sauce with fennel
For 4 people
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 15 minutes plus 45 minutes resting time

Ingredients (For Tzatziki sauce)
1) 1 large fennel bulb or 2 small ones
2) salt
3) 250g strained Greek yogurt
4) 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
5) 1/2 lemon
6) freshly ground black pepper
7) extra-virgin olive oil
Preparation
- Remove the leafy stalks from the fennel bulb and set
aside. Cut the fennel in thin slices. Put them in a bowl
with a little salt. Mix and let stand 10-15 minutes. - Spoon the yogurt into a serving bowl. Stir in the mint,
lemon juice, pepper, and 1 tablespoon of oil. - Pat the fennel slices dry with a paper towel and chop
them coarsely. Add them to the yogurt mixture and
stir well. Taste for salt and let stand in the refrigerator
for 30 minutes (longer is fine). - Before serving, drizzle with a little more olive oil and
sprinkle a few finely chopped fennel tips over the surface. - Serve with fresh bread and raw vegetables (carrots, radishes, peppers, etc) cut in strips.
Enjoy!

Preparation
- Remove the leafy stalks from the fennel bulb and set aside. Cut the fennel in thin slices. Put them in a bowl with a little salt. Mix and let stand 10-15 minutes.
- Spoon the yogurt into a serving bowl. Stir in the mint, lemon juice, pepper, and 1 tablespoon of oil.
- Pat the fennel slices dry with a paper towel and chop them coarsely. Add them to the yogurt mixture and stir well. Taste for salt and let stand in the refrigerator for 30 minutes (longer is fine).
- Before serving, drizzle with a little more olive oil and sprinkle a few finely chopped fennel tips over the surface.
- Serve with fresh bread and raw vegetables (carrots, radishes, peppers, etc) cut in strips.
Enjoy!
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