Orange and Olive Salad
photo by MsBindy
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 6 -8 oranges
- 20 kalamata olives, stoned
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (or at least 1/2 lemon's worth)
- 1 pinch ground cumin, to taste
- 1 pinch chili powder, to taste
- 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
- 1 pinch salt
directions
- Cut the peel and pith from the oranges, then divide into segments (reserving any juice) leaving them whole or chopped as preferred.
- In a bowl mix with olives with the orange segments and juice, add the lemon juice, cumin, chilli powder, sugar and salt.
- Serve chilled.
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Very good, Caroline. My in-laws just returned from Florida with a huge bag of oranges, and I had some Kalamatas that needed to be used up, so I was quite happy to find this recipe! I not only removed the pith, I additionally took the layer of 'skin' off the sections. The presenation was a little messy looking (see my picture), but it released more juice and blended beautifully with the spices. As for the Kalamatas, I think that this salad can stand on its own without them. Personally, I like the olives and think they go great with the oranges. DH however, does not like them a whole lot, so I removed them from his serving...salad was still good! And I think I agree with the spice comments....I guess it depends on the size of your 'pinch'. I would think for the posted 6-8 servings, it would have to be a pretty generous pinch.
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Wow, this worked out very well! We ate this as a dessert, and an excellent one at that. Nice ending to an already delicious supper. I scaled this down to two servings (2 oranges) and therefore believe that if you made the full recipe a mere pinch of spices and salt might be too modest for the best flavor. Kalamata olives and oranges went really well together - I could see adding more olives or perhaps halving them first. BF and I both liked this as is. The only thing I didn't do was pith the oranges. If you prepare this for company (more than worthy) you might want to take the time to do so. Thanks Caroline!
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Mrs B
Worcester Park, Surrey
I live with my husband and 2 cats in Worcester Park; a quiet typical 1930s suburb (which no one has ever heard of!) about 12 miles South West of London.
I'm a fair weather gardener and as my husband is a vegetarian I grow a few easy vegetables, such as tomatoes and peppers, mainly in containers. My husband loves growing flowers, the brighter the better, and we have a pretty garden as a result. Our cats, Araminta and Purrl, like it too!
I do a lot of cooking and try to keep our diet as healthy and varied as possible. Although I work full time, I use very little in the way of pre-prepared foods. This is partly because of the limited choice of vegetarian meals, which I think are overpriced anyway; but mainly because I like to know what goes in my food!
I love using the Internet for all the great ideas it gives me. Last year I participated in the Zaar World Tour (under my previous public name Caroline Blakey), which was great. Mr B and I tried lots of new foods and discovered new favourite meals. Researching recipes for the Tour was really interesting, however as I didn't have time to try them all, some were posted untested. I'm still working my way very slowly through them. To make matters worse I keep seeing other recipes I want to save and have also participated in Zaar world Tour II. So many recipes, so little time to make them!
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My 'rules' for posting recipes are a) if I wouldn't make a particular recipe, I won't post it and b) if my husband wouldn't eat it, I won't post it. This means that all my recipes are vegetarian friendly.
As you will see from the number of recipes saved in my cookbooks, I particularly enjoy making jams and chutneys; I'd say it was one of my favourite hobbies. We always have a good supply of home preserves; my friends and work colleagues are well supplied too.
If we won the lottery (say £5m, as a good number) we'd like to give up work, move to the country and buy a place with a bit of land. In my dreams this would be a manor house or old vicarage, with a walled garden, an orchard where I could keep hens, a vegetable garden, etc, etc, etc! In my more realistic moments (the £1m win perhaps) I would like to run a B&B, perhaps offering Vegetarian taster weekends. Luckily it costs nothing to dream.......I’d also love more time to read, do embroidery, learn a language, see more of the countryside; and of course play on Zaar.