Crisp and fresh, sweetly sour, easy to make, and loved by all. This Italian salad is usually made with oranges but we have a tree laden with tangelos so I used them instead. Ingredients 200 gm fennel, very thinly sliced (a mandolin is useful here) 2 large tangelos, peeled and sliced thinly 2 Tbsp olive…
Tag: florence fennel
Fennel and kale pie
The days are lengthening, and the garden thinks it is spring already. The chinese cabbage tat soi is flowering, as is the cavalo nero, and the purple sprouting broccoli is in full throttle. I know that the remaining florence fennel won’t last too much longer; the bulbs weigh nearly a kilo, the core inside is…
winter in the garden – fennel
Another ancient medicinal herb with magical properties, fennel is a native of the Mediterranean. Wild fennel was naturalised throughout Europe , spreading eastwards into monastic gardens where it was used in herbal preparations and liqueurs, one of these being an early version of absinthe which has aniseed flavours derived from both anise and fennel. Despite…
food ripe from my garden 