Spanish fennel, olive and tomato rice
Serves: 6
Prep time: 25 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Mike English
Spanish fennel, olive and tomato rice
Recipe by Anna Glover
This is great for feeding a hungry crowd and is vegan and gluten-free!
Serves: 6
Prep time: 25 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
306Kcal
Fat
9gr
Saturates
2gr
Carbs
47gr
Sugars
6gr
Fibre
6gr
Protein
6gr
Salt
2.4gr
Anna Glover
Anna is our former Creative Food Editor, and a cookery writer and food stylist. She loves a challenge and is known for whipping up interesting flavour combinations. She’s still in search of the best pizza in the world
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Anna Glover
Anna is our former Creative Food Editor, and a cookery writer and food stylist. She loves a challenge and is known for whipping up interesting flavour combinations. She’s still in search of the best pizza in the world
See more of Anna Glover’s recipes
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 2 fennel bulbs, cut into thin wedges
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp chilli flakes (optional)
- 300g paella rice
- 1 litre vegetable stock (use GF stock, if required)
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 x 250g pack pomodorino or baby plum tomatoes, halved
- 150g pitted olives (a mix of colours and varieties, if you like)
- ½ x 30g pack flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
- juice of ½ lemon, plus wedges to serve
Step by step
- Heat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. Heat the oil in a wide, shallow ovenproof casserole or large frying pan. Fry the onion and fennel until the fennel is tender when pierced with a knife, about 10-15 minutes. Add a splash of water if the onion starts to catch. Add the garlic and spices and fry for another minute.
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Add in the rice, and fry for a few minutes, mixing with the veg. Pour over the stock, add the bay leaves and season well, as the rice will absorb quite a bit of salt. Bring to a simmer, then stir in the tomatoes and olives, and transfer to the oven, uncovered.TipIf your pan isn’t ovenproof, you can always transfer the whole lot to a roasting tin before baking.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until the rice is tender and the stock has been absorbed. Cover with a lid or baking sheet and leave to steam for 10 minutes. Scatter with the parsley and squeeze over the lemon before serving with more lemon wedges.
