Winter Orange and Fennel Salad
This bright, refreshing salad is a great way to finish an Italian meal (or start one). In Italy, serving salad at the end of a meal is an older tradition and still commonly observed for formal or holiday meals. Eating the salad at the end of the meal is believed to help with digestion.
Course Salads
Cuisine Italian
- 4 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large lemon, juice only
- salt, to taste
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 4 large oranges
- 1 large red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 bulb fennel, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup olives of choice, pitted
Prepare the vinaigrette by adding the oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to a small bowl, and mix well with a fork. Set aside.
Thoroughly peel the oranges and remove all the white pith. Slice the oranges to about ⅛-inch-thick slices and decoratively arrange the fruit on a platter.
Top the oranges with thin slices of red onion and fennel. Then add the olives.
Dress the salad with the prepared vinaigrette. Season with additional salt and pepper, if desired.
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