It’s hard to believe that this simple Italian salad has such a unique flavor from common ingredients. You have to taste it to believe it!
I grew up eating this with crusty, homemade Italian bread still piping hot from the oven. My mother served it around Christmas and into January.
Ingredients
3 oranges
Sprigs of fresh mint leaves (but dried will do)
A good drizzle of cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil
Pinch of Celtic salt
Freshly ground pepper (a must, as it makes the whole dish sing)
So easy…….
- Peel the oranges, cut into bite sized pieces and smash down so they extrude their juice. (When the olive oil is mixed with the orange juice, it makes the salad’s distinctive flavor.)
- Cut mint into ribbons and intersperse on top of the oranges
- Drizzle olive oil over the mixture, add salt and pepper to taste and mix well
- Serve in a festive dish
Mangia!
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It does look really yummy…I am definitely going to make this soon!
Sounds so simple and delicious!
My mother made this only she added oil cured olives to it. We had it every Christmas. Yum!
If one is on homeopathic remedies, would they be able to eat this because it contains mint?
Mint has the potential of being an antidote for a remedy, but not necessarily. If you eat mint and your symptoms return, then you know that mint is not your friend until the need for the remedy has passed. Its also a matter of volume and the strength of the mint. A little might not interfere.
For those who are particularly sensitive to certain smells and if there’s a lot of mint, then, yes, a remedy action may indeed be antidoted. However, for many this is not a problem and I just couldn’t resist sharing one of my favorite dishes.
YUMMY! I cant wait to try it! Sounds delicious! Thanks Joette, you’re the best!