Sweet fennel lollipop

  • Petit four
  • 10
  • 25 minutes
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A simple lollipop recipe from Vineet Bhatia which will add some fun to any dinner party. Make these in advance and keep them in an airtight tin. Buy sugar-coated fennel seeds online or from a good Indian grocery store.

First published in 2015

Ingredients

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Sweet fennel lollipop recipe

Equipment

  • Cocktail sticks

Method

1
Beat the butter and icing sugar together until pale and creamy, then mix in the egg white a little at a time. Fold in the plain flour and ground almonds
2
Put 10 spoonfuls of the mixture on a baking sheet lined with a non-stick baking mat or a sheet of baking parchment, spacing them well apart
3
Sprinkle the sweet fennel seeds on them. Place a cocktail stick within each spoonful of the mixture
4
Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C/Gas mark 4 for 3-4 minutes, until the tuiles are light golden
5
Remove them and immediately trim if needed as they will harden very quickly on cooling. Place on a wire rack to cool and firm up
First published in 2015

While Vineet Bhatia has borrowed from European traditions to plate up his food, the manner and matter of his dishes are unmistakably those of India, handled with immense sophistication and personal panache.

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