In Season: Fennel
Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce.
This week's harvest: Fennel
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| Jennifer Woods |
When are they in season?
November through June
Selecting, cleaning and storage tips:
Avoid choosing limp fennel bulbs and fronds. When you get them home, store the bulbs and fronds separately in plastic bags in the fridge. Washing them is as easy as running it under water. When you prepare the bulb, you'll want to cut the core out...unless you have a teeny weeny baby one, those will be tender, but by this time in the season you probably will only find large bulbs. Here's a great tutorial: prepping fennel bulbs.
Recipes:
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| Raw fennel prociutto roll up |
Orange and Shaved Fennel Salad
by Phoenix's own Robin Miller of Food TV fame
Orzo Salad with Fennel
Sub roasted carrots for the asparagus, they're already out of season.
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| Ellie Campbell |
Or you could roast the fennel bulb too.
Roasted Fennel & Veg Medley with Quinoa Finally, for all you mixologists, you could use the fronds to make your own digestif to sip after dinner. Jennifer Woods is a local food advocate with over 10 years working in the AZ food industry, and currently works for Crooked Sky Farms, a CSA produce farm based in South Phoenix.
Your doctor will give you a high five for this one.
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