Fennel?

[Herbsman.]

I just made fennel risotto, I might as well have stayed in bed

 

[yardbird]

Fennel and celery.
Food for vegies from the Dark Side

 

[Herbsman.]

i only use celery for stock

 

[sojourner]

I just made fennel risotto, I might as well have stayed in bed

Didn't you put anything else in? Sounds rubbish

 

[Herbsman.]

nope just lemon zest, fresh home made veg stock, salt, pepper.

 

[D]

fennel makes everything better

I have been on a huge fennel kick. Used it in a chicken/chard/parmesan soup (shlurp!) and more recently in two salads:

1) mixed greens with clementines and pine nuts
2) mixed greens with garbanzos, cherry tomatoes, orange pepper, sauteed shitake mushrooms and onions, micro greens, kombu noodles, and albacore

The bulb part of fennel doesn't taste anise-y. I'm not a big anise fan, myself.

 

[Herbsman.]

gawd ow old is this thread!

 

[D]

gawd ow old is this thread!

I was going to start a fennel thread, but I did a search and discovered you'd already done so.

 

[cesare]

I was going to start a fennel thread, but I did a search and discovered you'd already done so.

Good plan, imo.

Keep fennel stuff quarantined

 

[Chz]

I hate aniseed, but fennel can still be quite nice when cooked properly. Even thinly sliced, fried in butter most of the aniseed taste goes away. Cook it in cream and cheese and you'd never know it tasted like that raw.

 

[mozzy]

Mmm, I love this stuff raw in salads and I like drinking fennel tea - it's a good liver tonic.

I made a Paella last night and put some in but it went wrong as i cheated and used brown rice and tumeric instead of valenician rice and saffron - never again cheating!!. If i had used the right rice, i reckon it would be nice in this.

 

[D]

Having some in a salad right this minute.

yum!

 

[PursuedByBears]

I just made fennel risotto, I might as well have stayed in bed

Fennel risotto is vastly improved by adding crushed chillis, imagine it would be a bit bland on its own.

 

[hektik]

I'm gonna make a fennel risotto tomorrow. It had better be nice.

fennel, chilli and seafood risotto: food of the gods.

 

[hektik]

also, this recipe: http://www.cooking.com/recipes/static/recipe2284.htm

is well tasty too.