Name: Sicilian Orange Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Ingredients: 3 seedless oranges; 2 red onions; 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley; salt (to taste, but be generous); freshly ground black pepper (sometimes I use 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes)

Sicilian Orange Salad is A good way to get more vitamin C

It is cold outside and I am always thinking of ways to stay healthy. I want to make sure we all get enough vitamin C; Sicilian Orange Salad is a good way to sneak in the Vitamin C. It is an excellent time of year to buy oranges and kids love their sweetness.

Oranges in Sicily and Calabria

The best oranges are from Sicily, which are the blood oranges. Sicily produces a large amount of citrus with the main being lemons. Oranges were not highly cultivated in Calabria, and my mom says that it was a real treat to get an orange when she was little. When I visit, I enjoy the juice every day, and the oranges are like candy. Today you can enjoy them in any part of Sicily or Calabria. I often order the orange Salad as a side or main on a very warm day. It’s funny that I eat in on a very cold day in Ontario.

The ingredients

Perhaps, the best thing about this dish is that there are few ingredients. Italian cooking is about unleashing the flavours of each ingredient. Food doesn’t have to be complicated to be good. I chose black pepper today over red pepper flakes, but it is your choice.

Choose good oranges. Make sure that they are firm and smooth. Did you know that colour isn’t a good sign that the orange is good? Some oranges are dyed. Make sure that there is a thin smooth skin and no soft spots.

Always choose a nice platter; it’s cold outside, but I want a warm summer feel. I chose a glass light pink platter that mom gave to me. She is always bringing me pretty dishes. Part of my Calabrese roots draw me to red onions; I find them sweeter. Sometimes I slice them and soak them in vinegar and sugar for other salads, but this salad is sweet enough.

Next I want to chop some parsley; my favourite is the Italian flat leaf parsley.

Olive oil gives it that finished glaze.

Sicilian Orange Salad

Get your Vitamin C with this sweet salad!!

Course Salad

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 15 minutes

Servings 4

Author Renata Solski

Ingredients

3 seedless oranges
2 red onions
2 tbsp finely chopped parsley
salt to taste, but be generous
freshly ground black pepper sometimes I use 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

Instructions

Peel and slice oranges.
Arrange on a pretty platter.
Slice onions and scatter over oranges.
Salt and pepper.
Drizzle with olive oil.