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Orange and Fennel Salad with Sicilian Olives

0 · Jan 15, 2018 · 10 Comments

Inspired by a trip recently to our local Italian Store and an abundance of bright fresh smelling citrus, plus healthier eating, I picked up some ingredients to make this orange and fennel salad with Sicilian olives. Adding olives to the salad was a last minute decision as I browsed the olive section in the deli of the store. Wanting to purchase some olives for munching, a conversation ensued about olives and oranges. The Silician olives were recommended in the salad. I sampled these olives and immediately fell in love. With Sicilian olives.

There is absolutely no Italian in me and so beyond chatting with the ladies in the store, I had never heard about an Italian or Sicilian orange salad before. Citrus fruits are extremely popular in Italy in January and that explained why there was an abundance of oranges in the store.

We host International students and for the most part its a great experience. Not always but some times. One thing we love to learn from the International students we host is about their food. How it’s prepared, what goes into it, what’s common and popular in their culture and more. All the things! For example everyone in North America screams if you cook with olive oil at high temperatures. According to our Spanish student his generations of family have always cooked with Spanish olive oil at high temperatures and never any issues health wise or other. It’s so interesting and I get extremely excited when our students are motivated to cook and share recipes.

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Orange and Fennel Salad
orange and fennel salad ingredients

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Tips: When making this salad use a good extra virgin olive oil and whatever oranges you can find in your market. We used a mandolin to slice our fennel, but if you do not have one it’s perfectly fine. Try to slice the fennel and the red onion as thinly as possible. Fresh basil is a must. If you do not like olives, leave them out or substitute your favourite olives. The Sicilian ones have a hint of spice to them and to replicate this you could sprinkle on a few hot pepper flakes.

There’s many ways to change up this simple recipe so if you try it and add your own spin, let us know in the comments what you did!

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Orange and Fennel Salad with Sicilian olives
Author: Wanda Baker
Recipe type: salad, side, lunch
Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 3 oranges
  • 2 mandarin oranges
  • ¼ fennel bulb, halved lengthwise, cored, thinly sliced
  • ΒΌ cup thinly sliced red onion
  • 6 Sicilian olives
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • Fresh ground pepper
  • Sea salt
  • Fresh basil leaves
Instructions
  1. Using a sharp knife, cut and peel the oranges removing the white pith. Peel the mandarins.
  2. Thinly slice the oranges crosswise, removing any pits.
  3. Arrange the oranges on a platter and scatter the fennel, red onion and Sicilian olives on top.
  4. Drizzle with the olive oil, lemon and season with Maldon salt and freshly ground cracked black pepper.
  5. Garnish with the basil and serve.
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  1. Nicoletta @sugarlovespices says

    February 2, 2018 at 10:16 am

    Ah ah, I’m in Rome and I’ve just made an orange and olive salad with my dad. It’s his specialty and I decided to take pics and I’m going to share it. Here it is a VERY popular winter side dish πŸ™‚ . My dad has been doing it for ages, but he uses black olives and no fennel. And he cuts his oranges into cubes, so yours look way prettier πŸ™‚ . Great job, you’re becoming Italian πŸ™‚ .

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    • Bakersbeans says

      February 3, 2018 at 2:41 pm

      Ha ha that’s so awesome! I simply love this salad and loved learning about it from Italians! There’s hope for me yet!

      Reply
  2. Redawna says

    February 2, 2018 at 10:28 am

    Wow Wanda, this looks so good! Beautiful and refreshing. I love the idea of fennel and orange together. Can not wait to try it.

    Thanks!

    Have a spectacular weekend.

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    • Bakersbeans says

      February 3, 2018 at 2:40 pm

      Thanks! What I learned it how in season citrus is right now especially in Italy! And it’s delicious to!

      Reply
  3. cakespy says

    February 3, 2018 at 7:34 am

    This is beautiful and so elegant! A flavor combo I hadn’t considered before but it sounds wonderful!

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    • Bakersbeans says

      February 3, 2018 at 2:39 pm

      It’s a flavour combination that really works and a salad I think will be a regular here!

      Reply
  4. Justine | JustineCelina.com says

    February 3, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    Yum! I bet this combination is absolutely delightful! I had a salad at Cibo awhile ago that combined olives, beets and oranges — and I can’t get it out of my head. The flavour combination just works! I also love the artful presentation here Wanda. Beautiful recipe!

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    • Bakersbeans says

      February 4, 2018 at 2:02 pm

      I was truly surprised at how well oranges (juicy tasty oranges) and olives went together. The Cibo salad sounds divine to – love beets!

      Reply
  5. Natalie Browne says

    February 4, 2018 at 8:50 am

    This salad is so beautiful to look at and sounds so refreshing. I always love Fennel and orange together, but the olives sounds like a delicious addition.

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    • Bakersbeans says

      February 4, 2018 at 1:56 pm

      Thank you! I think any kind of olive too would work with this salad. Depends on what you like!

      Reply

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