All About Fennel Seeds<br /><br />What are fennel seeds? Where do you use fennel seeds? Where are fennel seeds from? Is fennel the same as anise or liquorice / licorice?<br /><br />Foeniculum vulgare, Spp. <br />Plant Family: Parsley<br />Origin: Southern Europe<br /><br />We are only talking about the seeds here today - though the rest of plant is eaten and is just as tasty!<br /><br />- Fennel seeds are a warm sweet spice that sort of tastes like anise/ liquorice / licorice.<br />- Often paired with caraway, cumin, nigella, oregano, and cloves in cooking and spice mixes.<br />- Considered a bridge spice - because it can tie together other flavours.<br />- Common spice in cured meats and sausages in Italy and the Mediterranean.<br />- Porchetta relies heavily on fennel seeds and also fennel pollen.<br />- Works really well with fish dishes.<br />- One of the 5 spices in a Chinese 5 spice powder.<br />- Common in Indian cooking and spice blends like panch poran.<br />- Often used as a palate cleanser after a meal in India<br />- Several liqueurs are flavoured with fennel, including fennouillette, akvavit, gin and absinthe.
