Citrus Vanilla Salad Food

CITRUS SALAD

Steps:

• Chop lettuce. Arrange lettuce on platter and top with pieces of grapefruit and orange.
• *To supreme fresh oranges and/or grapefruits instead, cut off ends then remove skin in strips working all the way around the fruit from top to bottom. Cut along the side of the membrane to remove the sections of the citrus fruit.
• Combine marmalade with 2 splashes of vinegar and stream in extra-virgin olive oil. Pour dressing over the salad and season with salt and pepper. Garnish platter with chopped or snipped chives.

CITRUS-VANILLA SALAD

Steps:

• Trim the bottoms and tops of the navel oranges, grapefruits and blood oranges, then cut away the peel and pith with a paring knife. Slice the fruit crosswise and arrange on a rimmed platter.
• Combine the lemon juice, sugar, 1/4 cup water and the vanilla seeds in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
• Pour the syrup over the fruit, cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.

CITRUS VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• combine all ingredients together and whisk until well incorporated.
• Drizzle 2-3 tsp of dressing over your salads.
• Note: this is a great dressing to go with any green salad that is combined with some sort of fruit (pear, orange segments, grapes, strawberries, dried sweet cranberries), add some type of nut (almonds, walnuts), and cheese (crumbled bleu, feta, gorgonzola). MAKE IT YOUR OWN!

MOROCCAN CITRUS FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Peel oranges and grapefruits and remove pith. Cut in between membranes to release fruit sections into a bowl.
• Squeeze juice from leftover membranes into a small bowl.
• Add orange juice, orange flower water, honey, vanilla bean seeds and cinnamon to the bowl of membrane juice and whisk.
• Strain juice over fruit and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Garnish with mint leaves and serve.