Best Florida Citrus Garden Salad Recipes

WINTER CITRUS SALAD WITH HONEY DRESSING

Winter Citrus Salad with Honey Dressing image

This citrus salad requires only that you overcome the notion that salads must be green; it's a novel and wonderful antidote to sorry-looking lettuce. If you're lucky and can find blood oranges, use them; same with the odd, supremely delicious and usually quite pricey pomelos.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories easy, quick, salads and dressings

Time 10m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 blood oranges or tangerines
1 pink grapefruit
1 navel orange
Salt
1/2 small red onion or 1 shallot, chopped
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
1/2 teaspoon honey
Lime or lemon juice to taste
1/4 teaspoon freshly chopped tarragon or a pinch dried

Steps:

Peel citrus, removing as much pith as possible, and slice into wheels. Remove any pits, layer fruit on a serving dish, sprinkle with salt and garnish with chopped onion.
Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, honey, lime juice and tarragon until well combined; taste, adjust seasoning as needed and drizzle over salad.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 168, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 20 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 392 milligrams, Sugar 14 grams

CITRUS SALAD

Citrus Salad image

Provided by Giada De Laurentiis Bio & Top Recipes

Categories appetizer

Time 5m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 large orange, peeled and ends trimmed
1 grapefruit, peeled and ends trimmed
1 large or 2 small fennel bulbs, thinly sliced
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup packed fresh basil leaves
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

Steps:

Place a sieve over a medium bowl. Hold an orange over the bowl, and using a paring knife, cut along the membrane on both sides of each segment. Free the segments and let them fall into the sieve. Repeat with the grapefruit. Squeeze the membranes over the bowl to extract as much juice as possible, reserving the juices in the bottom of the bowl. Place the fruit segments and fennel in a salad bowl.
In a blender or the bowl of a small food processor, blend together the oil, basil and 3 tablespoons of the reserved juice until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Pour over the fruit and fennel. Add the chopped walnuts and toss until all the ingredients are coated.