Pollen Ranch's Organic Fennel Pollen - Premium Quality Fennel Flowers and Powder for Cooking, 100% Organic Fennel for Flavorful Dishes - 1 oz. TinUSDA Organic

This is a full-flavored fennel product from a reliable and healthy source. I love it on meats!! Rubs and sauces are enhanced by this fragrant herb.

Works well and tastes good.

Worth the cost

Fennel pollen is my new favorite flavor. It ads a flavor that is reminiscent of sausage to anything you put it in because of the heavy use of fennel seed in many sausages. I used it in a fig and prosciutto stuffing for Thanksgiving and it was fantastic. You'll definitely find yourself adding to dishes on the fly just to up the savory-ness of the dish.For those that do not like fennel/anise/black licorice flavor, do not fear fennel pollen. It does not taste like anise.The only reason this product didn't get 5 stars is because the tin it comes in is awful. It's so hard to open that you will end up dumping half of the product on the counter when you finally do pry the lid off. Unfortunately I can't buy this specific product again because of the packaging. But, the pollen itself is high quality.

Love the flavor it brings to dishes. Marries well with pork and fish. (Great as a crust for seared tuna!) My only complaint is the container. The lid is next to impossible to remove. I read in several other reviews that they had issues with this too, so I planned ahead. I put down some parchment paper on the counter (people complained about losing half the pollen when getting the container open). I tried the basic way of opening the container, bare handed, no luck. I tried opening it wearing silicon gloves, still no luck, that lid is on tight! Then I got out my handy dandy cooking mallet, put the container on its edge and hammered it a few times to bend it out of shape, did it again on the other side and was able to release the lid with minimal spillage. I then move the fennel pollen to a suitable container (small mason jar) and poured the bit I spilled on the parchment paper on top. Love the product, but be prepared to fight the container for it!

One teaspoon flavors 3 pounds of my recipe, so I keep it in the freezer. Lasts forever in there, and by forever I mean a year. It might be the only stuff on the Amazon, but it's da bomb. Don't be afraid to buy it.

I ordered this product after reading a recipe for a home adaptation of the Mezzi Rigatoni With Fennel Sausage Ragu in the Red Hen Restaurant menu that appeared in the Washington Post. If you like fennel, this is a great product; you just have to shell out some bucks to get a very small amount (although it is also true that a little goes a long way). I found (like several other reviewers) that the cover was very tight and difficult to remove without spilling the fennel pollen (which you really don't want to do); I overcame this issue by sticking a table knife tip between the lips of the cover and the container and twisting slightly to loosen the cover. Problem solved.

I love finding new spices to play with in recipes and was excited when I came across this product. In my family the love for the flavor of fennel has long been a favorite and I planned on giving a can of this to my father for Christmas. When it did not arrive on time due to an addressing error, Pollen Ranch very generously made up for the mistake by sending me a sample of their products. The evening the package arrived I made Chicken Piccata, adding the poultry blend to the flour (although just a tad because it does not take much). The flavor was subtle yet with marvelous savor and will now be a permanent addition to my recipe. The next day I made Spiced Muffins and added a bit of the Fennel Pollen to the streusel topping, which again, added a unique flavor that was alluring to the taste buds. I have now tried the Fennel Pollen and Fennel Pollen Blends with a variety of recipes and loved the flavor they bring to everything I have cooked. Next on the menu is to create a fennel flavored chocolate truffle as a gift for my dad (it really is his favorite spice)- I imagine these will be wonderful as well. I encourage anyone looking to add another flavor dimension to their recipes to give the Fennel Pollen a try, I do not think you will be disappointed. And with the outstanding service the the Pollen Ranch extends to its customers, I will be supporting their company as often as possible.