If you like fennel, you’ll like this salad. I make it in the fall when good tomatoes are hard to find and seasonal fennel starts showing up in the markets. Fennel has a mild licorice flavor and I love the crunch and freshness it adds to salads. Oranges are a fairly common combination for fennel, their sweetness enhances the natural sweetness of the fennel and in this salad the vinaigrette enhances the orange flavor.
Orange/Fennel Salad
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 large fresh fennel – bulb only
- 2 oranges
- 1 head Romaine lettuce
- 1/3 C parsley
- dressing:
- 1/4 C fresh orange juice
- 4 T olive oil
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 1 T champagne vinegar
- 1 t Dijon Mustard
Instructions
- Slice the bulb of the fennel thinly
- Add to chopped lettuce in a large bowl
- Chop parsley coarsely and add to bowl
- Peel and section oranges and add to bowl
- Whisk the ingredients for the vinaigrette in a small bowl
- Pour enough on the salad to make it glisten
- Season with salt and pepper to taste
easy peasy!
Fennel and oranges sounds like a delightful combination!
Another “must try” recipe from you. Thanks for sharing. xx
This would be a perfect salad for me. Thanks–this is a sure to try.
Perfect recipe. We love fennel, but have not had it in a salad with oranges. Thanks.
Looks so delish! Great shots and post for O
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
Yum, sounds good! I imagine that the oranges make it look pretty as well as yum it up!!
Looks delicious !
Exquisite pictures that rich food!
You know, it’s a funny thing. I love fennel…roasted, in soups etc. but have never cared for it raw. Also have never tried it with oranges and that nifty dressing. Perhaps that will make all the difference.
Looks good, but I can’t seem to find the amounts for the dressing. All I find is 1/2 and then nothing. For years I have used the fennel greens when making Porketta. Pork roast stuffed with garlic, black pepper and fennel greens and grilled.
Phyllis!
Sorry, I fixed it.
Yikes!
RMW
I don’t care for black licorice but I would imagine with the orange it might have a different taste.
What great flavor combinations! I love all the ingredients that go into this scrumptious looking salad.
Save a bit of salad, if I can come I will. It looks too hard for me but I will come back to see how I could change it for less ingredients and to find some shortcuts that I could take. The Oranges will stay.
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I have never used fennel in my cooking. It is very popular with cooking show.
Damn! I had everything for this in my fridge but I did something else with it. Next time!
Can’t say I’ve ever had fennel. Have to try it.
what a combination! It looks lovely. Enjoy! {:-D
Ummm…that looks yum yum xx Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful presentation…Have a great Labor Day♪
Great flavors in this tasty salad. I love fennel and orange together.
Thank you for this! I’m a fennel fan.