Fennel and anise both taste somewhat similar to black licorice. The difference between fennel and anise is that they are two separate different plants.
Anise seeds are on the outside like on strawberries. (:
They are not the same but since their taste is similar, they make adequate substitutions if you are out of one or the other.
Anise
Anise
Fennel is a versatile, large, clump-forming perennial herb from the Mediterranean that has been valued for cooking since Ancient Roman times and earlier. Its seeds have a pungent anise flavor and are used as a common spice. In fact, they lend the predominant flavor in Italian sausage. Vegetable, or bulb fennel cultivars develop large, bulbous bases that have the crisp texture of celery and a mild anise flavor. Bulb fennel is a traditional ingredient in Mediterranean cooking and may be eaten cooked or fresh.
In botany: Tarragon is related to wormwood; it is in the same family as asters, daisies and sunflowers. In cooking: Sweet, aromatic herbs like basil, marjoram, chervil, fennel or anise can be used as substitutes.
Fennel seeds do come from the fennel plant. The bulbs, foliage, and seeds of the fennel plant can be eaten.
Anise
Tarragon can be substituted for anise seed. Another substitute can be fennel seed. Try a pinch of crushed fennel or anise seed as a substitute for a teaspoon of tarragon.
Anise seeds are a good substitute for fennel seeds in some recipes.
If you have a bulb that is labeled an anise bulb, it is likely fennel. Anise has seeds. However, it does taste similar to fennel and in some areas fennel bulbs are called anise bulbs. You slice the anise bulb up to use in recipes where you want the flavor. Cut the root part off and throw it away and remove the fronds before slicing, or chopping the bulb.
Somewhere between 1/8 to 1/4 of a teaspoon, depending on how strong the fennel seeds are.
Anise is an herb that tastes like licorice. You can substitute fennel seeds for the same flavor when cooking; some cookbooks also say you can use "anise-like" herbs such as dill, basil, tarragon, marjoram or angelica.
fennel or anise seeds
Fennel seed, or star anise, but you need to grind the star anise. You want something that tastes like licorice. The Star Anise is kind of expensive, it comes like 12 in a bottle, for six dollars; they look like stars. There are also liqueurs that taste like licorice, such as Pernod.
Both aniseed & fennel have the same flavour & taste. Only difference is that the fennel seed is smaller, also called Vilaithi Sauf.
Peppernut cookies which are made mostly by the women of the mennonite religion. They are so good and store a very long time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It is often cooked as a vegetable (fennel), the leaves can be used to flavor soups. Anise has a mild licorice-like taste. The seeds often flavor Italian sausage. Anise seed (herb [not fennel])is often used to flavor breads, cakes and cookies. Anise seed extract is used to flavor cookies, frosting and candies. Anise seed has a stronger licorice flavor. Licorice root, anise (fennel), anise seed, and star anise are four different plants that all contain varying amounts of anethol, the pungent flavor associated with them. Other herbs contain it in varying but much lesser amounts.
Roman Wormwood, Florence fennel, and Anise
"Sauf" in English is translated as "except" or "with the exception of."