104 fennel recipes

Red snapper baked with potatoes, onions, tomatoes, white wine, fennel, and a splash of Pernod for a touch of anise warmth. French-inspired one-pan fish dinner in about an hour.

Provencal fish stew with haddock, fennel, thyme, and bay leaf in a tomato-white wine broth. Served over garlic croutons, 40 minutes from the first sear to the ladle.

Homemade yeast breadsticks, plain or seeded with fennel, caraway, or poppy seeds. Thin, crispy, bakery-style sticks that keep for weeks stored airtight.

Meatless red beans and rice simmers dry red beans with onion, garlic, and a clever pinch of fennel seed that echoes sausage, cooked down to a thick, creamy gravy and spooned over rice. Vegan comfort, no meat needed.

Homemade Sri Lankan curry powder blends dry-roasted coriander, cumin, fennel, fenugreek, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves with curry leaves and cayenne. Stores for months in an airtight jar.

Homemade breadsticks with a simple olive oil yeast dough rolled into thin ropes and baked until crispy and browned. Plain or seeded with fennel, caraway, or poppy seeds. Keeps for weeks.

Honey glaze for roasting meat with black pepper, dill, fennel, and cinnamon cooked to soft ball stage. Scales per pound and works on pork, ham, chicken, or beef roasts.

Shaved spring vegetables are crunchy and refreshing, and white bean absorb the flavor from the light and tasty vinaigrette. A well balanced spring or summer salad.

Chicken and spinach stuffed shells pulverize cooked chicken breast with Italian seasoning, fennel, and spinach into a savory paste, then bake inside jumbo pasta shells under your favorite sauce.

Bisochos (also known as Ka'ak or Crozettes), traditional Sephardic sesame-coated bread rings with anise, fennel, or coriander seed. Crisp, nutty, and dipped in egg before sesame.

Crispy cast-iron cornsticks with cracked fennel seeds and black pepper, baked in a sizzling hot mold for crunchy golden edges. Ready in 20 minutes, served piping hot with butter.

San Ton Pa is a traditional raw fish mincemeat dish using sole, halibut, or flounder cured in lemon juice with onion, garlic, pimentos, fennel, and cilantro. Served cold with green salad.

A fragrant homemade Chinese ten-spice blend with toasted star anise, Szechuan peppercorns, fennel, coriander, and cumin. Toast, grind, and store for marinades, stir-fries, sauces, and meat rubs.

Homemade Italian sausages with fennel, coriander, caraway seeds, and red pepper flakes stuffed into natural hog casings. Medium-hot heat with a real butcher shop flavor.

Sri Lankan peegudhu liver curry with beef liver simmered in coconut milk, fragrant curry leaves, lemongrass, and warm spices. Cardamom, cloves, fennel, and chili in every bite.

Grilled tempeh with red onion and eggplant on toasted whole wheat bread, marinated in red wine, rosemary, garlic, and fennel. A smoky, vegetarian open-faced grill plate with Italian roots.