Micro fennel
Foeniculum vulgare · Vegetable
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Micro fennel is fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) harvested at the seedling stage — a tiny, intensely aromatic microgreen cut roughly one to three weeks after sowing, once the first feathery true leaves have unfurled above the seed-leaves. Concentrated and clean-tasting, it delivers the same sweet anise-licorice note as mature fennel but in a delicate, tender form used raw to garnish fish, salads, soups and creamy dishes.
Picking a good onedrag
Squeaky-hard, just cutLimp, browning, splitting
Shop firmEveryday bestThe all-rounder: raw, roast, braise, stock.
Stalks and frondsFronds wilting, stalks still firm
Squeeze the bulbFirm, outer layer gives a little
Base and outer layerMatte, cut face beige, light scuffs
Smell at the cutFaint anise, mostly grassy
These cues are Fennel's, and hold across its varieties; where this one differs, its own page says so.
What you get from one
72%
Edible part
234 g · stalks, fronds and core off
325 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 3× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Still air, not sealed
Airflow