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Orange Salad

A salad of sliced oranges dressed with a thin layer of dressing and garnished with star-shaped orange peel.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Orange Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Separate the oranges lengthwise and remove the pith and seeds.

  2. Cut each strip into 3 or 4 pieces and place in a salad bowl.

Dress and garnish

  1. Pour a thin layer of dressing over the orange pieces.

  2. Garnish with orange peel cut into star shapes and crescents, alternating with cut flowers.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Oranges
Provide the main body, juice and fresh citrus flavour of the salad.
Salad dressing
Adds moisture and seasoning that coats the orange pieces.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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