Product Description

Imagine ~ a spice so transformative, so flavorful, so deliciously aromatic, that Its herbaceous mystery enhances the flavors of seafood to beef; poultry to pork to vegetables. Fennel pollen is that secret ingredient. What is fennel pollen? The fennel plant grows wild on the sunny inland and coastal fields of California. With its umbels of tiny yellow flowers and dark green or bronze wispy leaves, fennel is an extremely aromatic plant with many uses. The essence of the flavor is in the flowers. These flowers are collected at the peak of bloom and carefully dried and screened for the pollen. Nothing else is added. Pollen Ranch fennel pollen is the highest quality and best in the world. If angels sprinkled a spice from their wings, this would be it. "...so intoxicating that I bought several bags of the stuff. Back home in San Francisco, I sprinkled a pinch of it on fish before grilling. I scattered a bit over roasted vegetables; and, then tried it on pork roast. The effect in every case was positively transformative." Peggy Knickerbocker, Saveur Magazine, May/June 2000