Tag: cooking without fennel seed

Fennel has a sweet, anise-like taste and is used in various cuisines including biscotti, Kashmiri dishes, and sausages. It blends well with seafood, pork, and tomatoes. Alternatives to fennel seed include anise, celery, parsley, onion, artichoke, bok choy, dill, cumin, licorice root, and caraway seeds. In soups or stews, fennel can be substituted with celery seed or parsley. In curry, cumin and celery seed can replace fennel seeds. Caraway seeds or dill seeds can be used as substitutes in lasagna. Onion and leeks can also be used as a substitute for fennel in soups and stews.