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Fennel is not the same as anise, but they and some other plants have a smell or taste in common. Another plant that also has a similar flavour is dill.
Hmmmm, I don't EVER remember having either the taste of fennel or anise (both sort of licorice) in my rye bread or dill pickles as a child reared by a German mother.
While the leafy structure of the fennel plant looks similar in appearance to the leaves of the dill plant, the flavor is absolutely no where near each other. The botanical name for dill is Apiaceae anethum graviolens.
Dill, fennel and anise are different plants from the same family but that is where it ends. Fennel is an edible bulb with seeds that can and are used as a spice as well as eating the bulb as a vegetable. Its botanical name is Apiaceae Foeniculum vulgare.
Anise is a different plant from a different genus and species and the seeds are used but the plant is generally not eaten. Anise is from Apiaceae Pimpinella anisum which is an entirely different plant.
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∙ 13y agoInspiration + Information, it's the two-ingredient recipe (ahem) for a great food blog, the magical pairing that lifts the best food blogs to the top of our must-read, must-subscribe lists. For anyone looking for both inspiration and information, one terrific source is The Perfect Pantry, the beautifully written Rhode Island food blog that takes on pantry ingredients, one ingredient at a time. Take this week, when it author, Lydia Walshin, stopped me in my tracks asking the question if 'fennel' and 'anise' are one and the same. Ha! The answer surprised me, even a long time cook and a lover of both.
First, there's the vegetable. Here's what the vegetable that I call fennel looks like.
Photo by Gaetan Lee on Flickr
Turns out that the vegetable is called both 'fennel' and 'anise'. Okay, cool! That I knew.
But then there's the herb. Lydia explains that 'fennel seed' and 'anise seed' both have a kind of licorice aroma and flavor, and both are related to parsley. That's where the similarity ends.
"Anise seed comes from Pimpinella anisum, a plant native to the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East but also now cultivated in Spain and Mexico, and easy to grow from seed in your own garden." (read more about anise seed at The Perfect Pantry)
"Fennel seed is not the seed of the plant that gives us fennel bulbs. ...fennel seed is actually the dried fruit of the sweet garden fennel that I plant in my herb garden." (read more about fennel seed at The Perfect Pantry)
Ha! And here I've been interchanging both fennel and anise (the vegetable) and fennel and anise (the herb). Thanks to Lydia, I've been informed and I love it
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What is the difference between fennel and anise?
Fennel and anise both taste somewhat similar to black licorice. The difference between fennel and anise is that they are two separate different plants.
What is an anise like herb?
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.
What is a flavor similar to fennel?
Anise
Can you substitute tarragon for anise seed?
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.
What are fennel seeds?
Anise seeds are a good substitute for fennel seeds in some recipes.
What do you do with anise bulb?
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.
What is plant in same family as caraway carrot coriander cumin dill fennel parsley and parsnip?
Anise
What is meaning of spiegel seeds in Hindi?
The term "spiegel seeds" usually refers to mustard seeds. In Hindi, mustard seeds are known as "sarson ke beej" or "rai ke beej."
What can you substitute for anise when baking?
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.
Can you substitute anise with aniseed in a recipe?
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.
How much fennel seeds instead of one star anise?
Somewhere between 1/8 to 1/4 of a teaspoon, depending on how strong the fennel seeds are.
What are the three main herbs used to make absinthe?
Roman Wormwood, Florence fennel, and Anise
