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Orange Fennel Salad

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This orange fennel salad is great summery gluten free side-dish. Sweet and juicy oranges are a great contrast to aromatic and crunchy fennel. The salad is best served right away.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 fennel bulbs, cored and sliced thinly
  • 2 medium oranges, peeled, and cut into small pieces (Navel, cara cara or blood oranges should all work just fine)
  • 6 green onions, sliced thinly
  • 2 tbsp roasted pepitas (Unsalted if possible. Otherwise, use less kosher salt (¾ teaspoon))
  • 4 tbsp feta cheese, crumbled (Can omit or replace with grated parmesan)
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp red wine vinegar (Can replace with equal amount of lemon juice for more citrusy flavor)
  • 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped (OR 2 tsp dried parsley)
  • 1½ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Instructions

  1. Wash and prepare all of your produce.
  2. For the fennel, cut away the leafy fronds and the base of the bulbs. Cut thin slices from the separated bulbs.
  3. For the oranges, peel away the skin and as much of the bitter white pith as possible to leave behind only edible endocarp (AKA – The edible interior of the orange!). You can also cut the skin away with a knife as I show in my image, but you will lose some of the edible interior that way.
  4. Chop the green onions.
  5. Toss all components in a large bowl and mix.
  6. Prepare the vinaigrette by combining the olive oil, red wine vinegar, parsley, salt, and pepper together and mixing well.
  7. Pour the prepared dressing over the salad and toss well to coat.
  8. Serve on plates garnished with pepitas and feta, if desired.

Notes

This salad was quite edible the next day. However, the texture was not improved after 24 hours in the fridge. I recommend serving this shortly after it is prepared. Feel free to cut the recipe in half!

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I used Diamond Crystal kosher salt for this recipe. Which type of salt you’re using is pretty important to avoid an overly salty dish – I’ve reviewed that here

Nutrition

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