CITRUS SEASON IS AT ITS HEIGHT AND THE FARMERS MARKETS ARE BRIGHT WITH MANDARINS, POMELOS, MEYER LEMONS, AND ALL KINDS OF ORANGES -- NAVEL, CARA CARA AND BLOODS. I'VE BEEN SQUEEZING BLOODS EVERY MORNING FOR BREAKFAST, MAKING CITRUS SALADS, INCORPORATING THEM IN BRAISES AND EATING THEM FOR DESSERT. THIS PARTICULAR RECIPE COMBINES BLOOD ORANGES AND SLICED FENNEL. THEN ALL YOU NEED IS GOOD OLIVE OIL, SOME FRESH PARSLEY OR DILL AND SHAVINGS OF PARMESAN. AESTHETICALLY, IT MAKES FOR A CHEERFUL AND FLAVORFUL FIRST COURSE SALAD.
TRIM THE ROOT END AND STALKS FROM THE FENNEL BULB. PEEL OFF ANY DISCOLORED AREAS WITH A VEGETABLE PEELER. SLICE BULB LENGTHWISE IN HALF. WITH A SMALL PARING KNIFE, CUT OUT THE WEDGE OF TOUGH WHITE FLESH AT THE ROOT END.
SLICE CROSSWISE IN THIN HALF MOONS AND PLACE IN A BOWL.
SLICE THE BLOOD ORANGES LENGTHWISE, THEN CROSSWISE INTO THIN PIECES AND ADD TO THE FENNEL.
SALT LIGHTLY AND TOSS WITH ABOUT 1/3 CUP OF OLIVE OIL.
USING A VEGETABLE PEELER, SHAVE THIN PIECES OF PARMESAN INTO THE SALAD.
PLUCK THE LEAVES FROM THE PARSLEY STEMS AND SCATTER OVER THE SALAD.
SERVES 4
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Directions
TRIM THE ROOT END AND STALKS FROM THE FENNEL BULB. PEEL OFF ANY DISCOLORED AREAS WITH A VEGETABLE PEELER. SLICE BULB LENGTHWISE IN HALF. WITH A SMALL PARING KNIFE, CUT OUT THE WEDGE OF TOUGH WHITE FLESH AT THE ROOT END.
SLICE CROSSWISE IN THIN HALF MOONS AND PLACE IN A BOWL.
SLICE THE BLOOD ORANGES LENGTHWISE, THEN CROSSWISE INTO THIN PIECES AND ADD TO THE FENNEL.
SALT LIGHTLY AND TOSS WITH ABOUT 1/3 CUP OF OLIVE OIL.
USING A VEGETABLE PEELER, SHAVE THIN PIECES OF PARMESAN INTO THE SALAD.
PLUCK THE LEAVES FROM THE PARSLEY STEMS AND SCATTER OVER THE SALAD.
SERVES 4