Category: fennel
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Seasonal spotlight: fennel
Fennel is undoubtedly one of my favourite ingredients. It is such a chameleon, changing flavour so much between raw and cooked. I love it in all its guises. Gently caramelised, diced and used in the base of recipes, finely sliced and tossed raw into salads. Here are some of my…
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Fennel and white bean gratin
The most delicious and luxurious gratin, with caramelised fennel on a base of creamy cannellini beans. It is still really fresh and light with lots of lemon juice to brighten it up. The fennel seeds in the bean base really amplify the anisey flavour throughout. And it’s all comes together…
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Fennel linguine
A really simple and delicious pasta dish. There’s a real depth of flavour from the garlic, chilli and thyme. The fennel caramelises just gently and becomes mellow and yielding. The fennel seed in the base really amplify the anisey notes. Lovely creaminess from the salty parmesan and starchy pasta water.…
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Fennel, olive & white beans
Beautifully caramelised fennel on a bed of yielding creamy white beans. A really simple meal to put together, but such a showstopper. I like to add fennel seeds to the bean base to really amplify the anisey flavour throughout.
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Fennel, greens & beans
A really simple and nourishing bowl that’s absolutely packed with plants. It’s a pretty easygoing, hands-off recipe that’s very quick to make – an ideal midweek meal. The fennel seeds in the base of the beans are key to really amplify the anisey flavour throughout.
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Cabbage and bean pasta soup with kale pesto
Perfect winter warmer comfort food – this bowl is just so cosy. And the recipe is a real fridge clearer – definitely adapt it to whatever you have on hand. Mix up the pasta shapes or beans, swap the leek for celery, use spinach instead of kale and finish up…
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Fennel, olive & butter beans
This lovely warm salad makes a great side dish or an easy meal in its own right. I love to use the plump, jarred butter beans for this.
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Braised fennel & orange salad
The savoury liquorice flavour of the fennel is tempered by cooking in sweet orange juice. This salad is really colourful, light and fresh.
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Fennel spaghetti
A really speedy & satisfying simple supper. The fennel seeds really amplify that anisey fennel flavour throughout. This pasta dish is light, with tons of freshness.
