Double Fennel Pork Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 onion
1 garlic clove
2 tablespoons flour
salt and pepper
1 1/2 lbs pork stew meat, cut in 1 1/2-inch pieces
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 lb crushed tomatoes
generous splash hot pepper sauce
2 bulbs fennel
2 carrots

Preparation

Chop onion. Mince garlic. Set aside. Combine flour, 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper. Toss pork cubes with flour mixture to coat. In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add pork and brown well, in batches, if necessary. Remove from pan.
Reduce heat to medium-low. Add onion, garlic. 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, fennel seed, thyme and 1/2 cup water. Cover and cook until onion has softened about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and pork. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 90 minutes. Trim tops and bottoms of the fennel. Cut the bulbs into quarters. Cut carrots into short sticks and add into stew with the fennel.
Continue cooking, covered, until the pork and vegetables are tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.