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Italian orange salad with fennel on a serving bowl and peel monkeys on the salt and pepper
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📋Italian Fennel Salad With Blood Orange Recipe

This Italian fennel salad with blood orange is originally from Sicily where juicy and sweet oranges grow under the hot sun of the Mediterranean Sea. This is a savory fruit salad where the citrus of the oranges is contrasted by the aniseed fennel, creating the perfect side dish for grilled meat or fish. The beautiful color combination of the scarlet red blood orange and the candid white crunchy fennel make this fennel orange salad a perfect showpiece for the center table.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
Diet Low Calorie, Low Fat, Vegan
Keyword Italian orange salad, orange fennel salad, savory fruit salad
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 6 people
Calories 332kcal
Author Laura Tobin

Equipment

Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Wash and cut the fennel in half
    1 fennel
  • Slice the fennel
  • Peel the oranges and make the monkey peels (optional)
    2 blood orange
  • Cut the oranges into slices
  • Place the washed baby romaine leaves in a salad bowl
    1 head baby romaine salad
  • Layer the oranges slices with the fennel
  • Season with salt, pepper and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil
    2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, salt & pepper
  • Serve it

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Notes

  • In this recipe, I use blood oranges but you can use regular oranges
  • Seasoning is very simple as the juice of the orange will add a nice citrusy flavor
  • If you prefer, you can substitute fennel with endive

Nutrition

Calories: 332kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 123mg | Potassium: 1016mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 372IU | Vitamin C: 42mg | Calcium: 125mg | Iron: 2mg