Gold dust: fennel pollen
Fennel pollen is, simply put, golden goodness. Because it is the harvested pollen from dried fennel flowers, it is potent stuff, offering a lightly floral, honeyed, heady, herbaceous aroma (and flavor) that is akin to fennel, but yet different. It is extremely versatile and a little dash goes a long way to making the simplest of dishes more complex and more interesting.
A few things to try:
- Sprinkle on roasted chicken or pork
- Mix into your vinaigrette – a little olive oil, fennel pollen and some fresh squeezed lemon, with a shake of salt and pepper is awesome
- Sprinkle on your vanilla ice cream to add a light fennel flavor
- Add a dash to pasta along with olive oil, parmesan and some fresh seasonal vegetables
- Shake it on potatoes and roast in the oven
- We like it best just lightly dusted over just about anything before serving
You get the idea. But really, you can’t understand until you’ve tasted it…
This particular brand is wild harvested in California.
$10
