Pantry recipe

Fennel Seed and Orange Tea

Sweetish and anise-like, with a citrus background. Good after dinner.

8 min 1 cup · 250 ml Hot Caffeine-free Easy

Ingredients

250 mlboiling water
1 tspfennel seeds
2 stripsorange peel
1 tsphoney

Method

  1. Lightly crush the fennel seeds with a mortar or the back of a spoon.
  2. Put the seeds and orange peel in the cup, pour over the boiling water and cover for 6 minutes.
  3. Strain and sweeten with honey.

Tip: Crushing the seeds makes all the difference to the flavour.

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