Orange Salad Spanish Style Food

10 TRADITIONAL SPANISH SALADS

Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a Spanish salad in 30 minutes or less!

FENNEL AND ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• Grate the rind from the oranges into a bowl and set it aside.
• Using a small serrated knife, remove all the white pith from the oranges, working over a bowl to catch the juices.
• Cut the oranges horizontally into thin slices.
• Toss the orange slices with the fennel and onion slices.
• Whisk the olive oil with salt, pepper, and reserved orange juice.
• Pour it over the salad.
• Sprinkle the olive slices and orange rind over the salad.
• Decorate with parsley and serve on French bread.

SPANISH ASPARAGUS SALAD WITH ORANGE AND MANCHEGO CHEESE

Steps:

• In large pot of lightly salted boiling water blanch the asparagus spears until green, about 2-3 minutes but no longer. Immediately drain and rinse with cold water to halt the cooking process.
• Peel the oranges and cut up into bite-size segments. Save one half of one orange for juicing and zesting.
• In a non-reactive small bowl, combine the olive oil, vinegar, orange zest and 1 tablespoon of orange juice. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk together and set aside.
• In a large salad bowl combine the cooked asparagus, red onion, orange segments, tomatoes, and lettuce. Just before serving, pour the dressing over the salad and mix gently to coat.
• Add shaved manchego to each salad serving if desired.
• Serve with crusty bread.

SPANISH CHARRED FENNEL, ORANGE AND OLIVE SALAD

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
• Trim the feathery green fronds form the fennel and reserve for the garnish.
• Remove the stalks from the fennel and cut each fennel bulb into 4 or 6 wedges, depending on the size.
• Place into a well-oiled baking tin or tian - and drizzle over 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Roast them for about 40-45 minutes or until tender, caramelised and charred on the edges. (Turn them once or twice during cooking.).
• Allow them to cool.
• Peel and slice the oranges into segments, making sure there is no membrane or pith on them. Add the finely sliced red onion and olives to the orange segments.
• Whisk the remaining oil with the orange juice and season well.
• Add half of the chopped mint leaves to the vinaigrette, mix well.
• Pour half the dressing over the orange mixture and gently mix.
• When you wish to assemble the salad, build up the salad by layering the orange mixture and roast fennel bulbs in alternate layers.
• Drizzle with the remaining dressing and scatter the remaining chopped mint over the top.
• Finely chop the reserved fennel fronds and scatter them over the top, as the final flourish!
• Great served with barbequed poultry or meats, especially Duck or Lamb.

RED ONION AND ORANGE SALAD (SPAIN)

Steps:

• Remove white pith from oranges & cut the fruit crosswise into 1/4-inch slices.
• Arrange on a serving platter & scatter the sliced onion over the orange slices.
• In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, olive oil, salt & pepper, then spoon this dressing over the slices of onion & orange.
• Sprinkle with raisins, olives, sunflower seeds & almonds.
• Garnish with mint sprigs & chill before serving.