🌿🇮🇹 Fresh Italian Fennel – Crisp, Aromatic & Full of Flavour

Our Fresh Italian Crisp Fennel Bulbs have crunchy white layers, fresh green stalks and delicate feathery fronds, with a distinctive mild aniseed flavour and natural sweetness.

Fresh Fennel is wonderfully versatile. Shave the bulb finely into crisp salads, roast it until tender and caramelised, add it to pasta and soups or serve it alongside fish and Mediterranean-inspired dishes.

Cooking softens Fennel’s characteristic aniseed flavour and brings out a gentler sweetness, while raw Fennel provides fantastic fresh crunch.

Our Fresh Italian Crisp Fennel Bulbs are carefully selected for freshness, firmness and quality.

Crisp. Aromatic. Fresh. A Mediterranean kitchen favourite. 🌿✨

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🌿 About Fresh Italian Crisp Fennel Bulbs

Fennel is an aromatic vegetable recognised by its pale bulb, green stalks and fine feathery fronds.

Our Fresh Italian Crisp Fennel Bulbs can be used from bulb to frond, giving you plenty of possibilities from one vegetable.

The bulb is the main part used for cooking, while the delicate fronds make an excellent fresh garnish.

Perfect for:

🥗 Fresh salads
🔥 Roasting
🐟 Fish dishes
🍝 Pasta
🍲 Soups & stews
🥘 Mediterranean cooking
🌿 Fresh garnishes
🍗 Roast chicken
🥔 Vegetable traybakes

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💫 Crisp, Sweet & Aromatic

Crisp 💥 | Aromatic 🌿 | Gently Sweet ✨ | Fresh 💚 | Aniseed Notes 🌱

Raw Fennel has a refreshing crunch and distinctive mild aniseed character.

Roasting or sautéing transforms its texture and develops a softer, sweeter flavour.

Try pairing Fennel with:

🍋 Lemon
🐟 Fish
🫒 Olive oil
🌿 Thyme
🧄 Garlic
🧀 Parmesan
🍊 Orange
🍎 Apple
🌰 Walnuts
🍅 Tomatoes

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💚 Italian Fennel Nutrition & Natural Goodness

Fresh Italian Fennel naturally provides fibre, vitamins and minerals as part of a varied and balanced diet.

🌾 Provides Dietary Fibre

Fresh Fennel naturally provides dietary fibre.

🍊 Naturally Contains Vitamin C

Fennel naturally contains vitamin C.

⚡ Contains Potassium

Fresh Fennel naturally provides potassium.

🌿 Naturally Occurring Plant Compounds

Fennel naturally contains a variety of aromatic and other plant compounds.

🌱 Naturally Low in Fat

Plain Fresh Fennel naturally contains very little fat.

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📊 Typical Fennel Nutritional Information

Approximate values per 100g:

• 🔥 Calories: Approx. 31 kcal
• 🌾 Carbohydrates: Approx. 7.3g
• 🌱 Fibre: Approx. 3.1g
• 💪 Protein: Approx. 1.2g
• 🥑 Fat: Approx. 0.2g
• 🍊 Vitamin C: Approx. 12mg
• ⚡ Potassium: Approx. 414mg

Values are approximate and can vary according to variety, maturity and growing conditions.

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🔪 Preparing Fresh Italian Crisp Fennel Bulbs

Fresh Fennel requires very little preparation.

1. Rinse thoroughly under cool running water.
2. Trim away the very base of the bulb.
3. Remove any damaged outer layers.
4. Cut away the green stalks.
5. Keep the feathery fronds for garnishing.
6. Cut the bulb in half.
7. Slice thinly for salads.
8. Cut into wedges for roasting.
9. Dice or slice for soups and pasta.

🌿 Fruit Bowl Tip

Don’t throw away those Fennel fronds.

The delicate green fronds are edible and make a brilliant finishing herb for fish, salads, pasta and roasted vegetables.

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🍽️ Delicious Ways to Use Fresh Fennel

🥗 Shave finely into salads
🔥 Roast until caramelised
🐟 Serve alongside fish
🍝 Toss through pasta
🍲 Add to soups
🍗 Roast alongside chicken
🍊 Pair with fresh orange
🍎 Combine with apple
🧀 Finish with Parmesan
🌿 Use the fronds as a garnish
🥔 Add to vegetable traybakes

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🔥🌿 Roasted Italian Fennel with Lemon & Thyme

Roasting Italian Fennel develops its natural sweetness and creates delicious caramelised edges.

🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2–3

• 2 Fennel bulbs 🌿
• 2 tbsp olive oil 🫒
• 1 tsp fresh thyme
• Juice of ½ lemon 🍋
• Black pepper
• Small pinch salt
• Parmesan – optional 🧀

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 180°C fan.
2. Prepare the Fennel and cut into wedges.
3. Arrange on a baking tray.
4. Drizzle with olive oil.
5. Add the thyme.
6. Season lightly.
7. Roast for approximately 25–30 minutes, turning halfway.
8. Cook until tender with golden edges.
9. Finish with fresh lemon juice.
10. Add Parmesan if desired.

✨ Fantastic alongside roast chicken, fish or other Mediterranean vegetables.

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🥗🍎 Fresh Fennel, Apple & Walnut Salad

Raw Fresh Fennel provides fantastic crunch in this light and colourful salad.

🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2

• 1 Fennel bulb, very thinly sliced 🌿
• 1 crisp green apple, sliced 🍎
• 30g walnuts 🌰
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Juice of ½ lemon 🍋
• Black pepper
• Fresh Fennel fronds

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Finely slice the Fennel.
2. Thinly slice the apple.
3. Add both to a bowl.
4. Add the walnuts.
5. Drizzle with olive oil.
6. Add fresh lemon juice.
7. Toss gently.
8. Finish with black pepper.
9. Garnish with the reserved Fennel fronds.

✨ Crisp, refreshing and full of contrasting textures.

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🍝🌿 Fennel, Garlic & Parmesan Pasta

Cooked Fennel becomes beautifully tender and gently sweet.

🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2

• 1 Fennel bulb, finely sliced 🌿
• 200g pasta 🍝
• 2 garlic cloves 🧄
• 1½ tbsp olive oil
• 40g Parmesan 🧀
• Black pepper
• Small squeeze lemon 🍋

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.
2. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan.
3. Add the sliced Fennel.
4. Cook gently until softened and lightly caramelised.
5. Add the garlic.
6. Drain the pasta, reserving a little cooking water.
7. Add the pasta to the Fennel.
8. Add Parmesan.
9. Add a splash of pasta water if required.
10. Finish with black pepper and lemon.

✨ Simple Mediterranean-style cooking with loads of flavour.

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🌱 Why Choose Our Fresh Italian Fennel?

✔ Fresh Italian produce 🇮🇹
✔ Crisp white bulb
✔ Distinctive aromatic flavour
✔ Gently sweet when cooked
✔ Delicious raw
✔ Fantastic roasted
✔ Excellent with fish
✔ Perfect for salads & pasta
✔ Edible feathery fronds
✔ Carefully selected for freshness
✔ Plastic free

Our Fresh Italian Crisp Fennel Bulbs bring fantastic crunch and distinctive Mediterranean flavour to both raw and cooked dishes.

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❓ Fresh Fennel FAQs

What does Fresh Fennel taste like?

Fennel has a distinctive mild aniseed or liquorice-like flavour. Cooking generally softens this character and develops a gentler sweetness.

Can Fresh Fennel be eaten raw?

Yes. Thinly shaved raw Fennel is crisp and refreshing and works particularly well in salads.

Which parts of Fennel can you eat?

The bulb, tender stalks and feathery fronds are edible. The bulb is the part most commonly used in cooking.

Can you roast Fennel?

Absolutely. Roasting softens the bulb and creates delicious caramelised edges.

Can you eat Fennel fronds?

Yes. Use the delicate fronds like a fresh herb or garnish.

What goes well with Fennel?

Lemon, orange, apple, fish, garlic, olive oil, thyme, Parmesan, tomatoes and walnuts all pair particularly well.

How should Fresh Italian Fennel be stored?

Keep it refrigerated and use while the bulb remains firm, crisp and fresh.