Citrus Fennel Salad
Making the most of the available citrus with this simple winter salad that will brighten up any day.
Today’s citrus and fennel salad is a really delicious combination. It’s made with sliced caca cara oranges, blood oranges, grapefruit, clementines and lime, shaved fennel and toasted cashews. Then it’s finished with a refreshing citrus dressing.
Homemade dressings are the only dressings that happen around here. They’re really simple and can be made in a mason jar and a little shaking. A homemade dressing elevates any salad and lets you adjust the flavours to your personal preference. For this citrus dressing, combine the following ingredients in a jar and shake shake shake.
Simple Citrus Dressing
- Olive oil
- Fresh orange juice
- Champagne vinegar or white balsamic vinegar
- Honey
- Dijon mustard
- Salt and pepper to taste
It’s a refreshing, light, and flavour filled salad.
Citrus Fennel Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cara cara orange, peeled, thinly sliced
- 1 blood orange, peeled, thinly sliced
- 1 ruby red grapefruit, peeled, thinly sliced
- 1 clementine, peeled, thinly sliced
- 1 lime, peeled, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup fennel, shaved or thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp pomegranate arils
- 2 tbsp fennel fronds
- ¼ cup cashews, toasted and chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
For the Dressing
- 3 tbsp champagne or white balsamic vinegar
- 3 tbsp orange juice, freshly squeezed
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp honey
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Peel and slice the citrus. Place on a serving dish with the shaved fennel, pomegranate and fennel fronds.
- Drizzle with a few tablespoons dressing.
- Sprinkle with toasted cashews before serving.
For the Dressing
- Place all ingredients in a jar with a tight fitting lid and shake well.
I hope you enjoy this recipe!
Be sure to leave a comment below if you try it.
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Absolutely loved this salad
It’s one of my favourite. Thanks for trying it.
[…] Besides looking absolutely gorgeous, this bright winter salad is definitely helping us eliminate the cold-weather blahs. Check out the recipe via The Kitchen Sink Blog! […]