How to tell the difference between dill and fennel

Fennel and dill do look a lot alike due to their bright green fronded tops. Fennel and dill do look a lot alike due to their bright green fronded tops.

Its absolutely incorrect and probably the result of mislabeling by distributors.

How to tell the difference between dill and fennel. Fennel is completely edible the leaves stem seeds and bulb. The difference with dill is that the leaves and seeds are usually only eaten. Herb fennel leaves can be used in herbal tea to make a delicious deep liquorice flavour dill has a taste profile which has notes of fennel but is heavily flavored with a celery like savory taste.

Dill belongs to the same family as celery and parsley. Its extremely popular in Scandinavian cooking and is used atop salmon frequently via Salmon From Norway. As far as taste goes it shares the same faint sweetness as fennel but it has more of an herbal grassy flavor.

The flavor is also the area where dill and fennel differ most. Dill has a flavor that many would describe as green or herbaceous while fennel has a strong anise- or licorice-like flavor. While some people can detect faint licorice notes in dill this flavor is not among its most notable characteristics.

The flub may be giggle-worthy but we cant really blame her. Fennel and dill do look a lot alike due to their bright green fronded tops. Fennels first give-away is usually its bulb which tastes something like savory licorice.

Dill leaves will smell about the same as dill seed used in flavoring pickles. Fennel will smell a LOT like licorice. These 2 and several other crops are related and have similar flowers.

Very small in a rather flat cluster. More than those few black things. Have a look at some pictures of dill and fennel and related plants like carrot to see.

I have this plant in my front garden next to my fig tree it is 7 ft 4in 88 inches tall and smells like Dill any ideas. A sprig from the plant. Sprig From a few feet away.

Full Size A close-up of the stem. Stem Close-up Sorry I didnt post them as pictures but I wanted to keep them. A number of different plants go by the name fennel All types of fennel plants have an anise-like fragrance and tall feathery leaves which look something like a dill plant.

All parts of the fennel plant including the roots stems leaves and seeds are edible. The plants produce numerous seeds on umbrella-shaped structures called umbels. Therefore having understood the description of plants you can easily determine the difference between dill and fennel.

The most noticeable difference is the smell. Fennel has a refreshing pleasant aroma or even a little sweet and dill has a pronounced spicy smell that cannot be confused with anything. Visually fennel is more bushy and tall.

Dill is used mostly for its dried seed in pickling and northern European cuisine or fresh in sauces and salad dressings. It blends the distinctive flavor of its seed with pleasant green fresh notes says kitchen scientist Harold McGee. Fennel on the other hand is more anise- or licorice-like.

Yep its that black licorice taste aspect of fennel that dill doesnt have. Considering some people use dill and tarragon on salmon though this idea as a substitute should have some merit zanlokJan 20 11 at 1516 Add a comment 8. Dill is a plant from the group of umbelliferer while Fennel is actually grown for its bulbous onion like stem base.

This is just on the soil and looks like a large onion but with thicker skins and you can slice it and eat it raw or fry it in stir fry or boil it and yes it is aniseedy. In the fennel plant the leaves the seed and even the bulb is used for culinary and medical purposes. Dill has therapeutic effects on the digestive system controls infection and has a diuretic effect.

Fennel increases milk flow relaxes spasms and reduces inflammation. The following is a clarification of the differences and the different usage of the herbs. Dill Anethum graveolens Dill is found in Mediterranean regions and western Asia.

Dill resembles fennel but is shorter with a single easily uprooted hollow stem grey-green leaves. Its leaves have a strong parsley-caraway smell. Herb fennel Foeniculum vulgare is mainly cultivated for the purpose of obtaining its seedsIt is also called sweet fennel.

It is used as an herb for food flavoring. Fennel herb plant can grow up to 3 to 5 feet tall. The foliage is feathery and is similar to dill and all of its parts are edible.

Fennel or dill. Betyababy December 8 2006. Hi there a girlfriend gave me a plant said it was dill I have looked for pictures but cant tell the difference they both seem to have yellow flowers and ferny like leaves mine is ready to pick I think hasnt yet flowered but has large white stem type bulb under it.

I reckon its fennelcan you help. Its absolutely incorrect and probably the result of mislabeling by distributors. That bulb with stalks and frondlike leaves resembling fresh dill is bulb fennel not anise.

Use it where fennel bulb is called for. Anise is a totally different plant whose seeds are used for flavoring.