Pickled Fennel

Name: Pickled Fennel
Yield: Makes about 1 quart (1 l)
Ingredients: 3 small fennel bulbs, trimmed, cored, and cut lengthwise into ¼-inch (6-mm) slices; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, lightly toasted (see Note); 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 3 cups (720 ml) champagne vinegar; ½ cup (100 g) sugar; 1 teaspoon red chile flakes; 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, lightly toasted

Preparation info

Makes about
1 quart

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Bacon Bible

By Peter Sherman and Stephanie Banyas

Published 2019

About

I just love the crunch and tartness that pickled fennel adds to any pork dish. Anyone that loves spicy Italian sausage should love fennel—it’s the crunchy seed that is packing that sausage with so much flavor.

Ingredients

3 cups (720 ml) champagne vinegar
½ cup (100

Preserve
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

In a medium-size nonreactive saucepan, combine the vinegar, 1¼ cups (300 ml) water, the sugar, salt, coriander, fennel seeds, and chile flakes and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until the sugar and s