Orange and fennel salad

The orange and fennel salad are a fresh and tasty side dish, a typical recipe of Sicilian cuisine perfect to accompany second courses of meat such as roast bread and Sicilian rolls. The traditional recipe includes in addition to oranges and fennel also black olives and smoked herring. Over time, herring has been replaced with anchovies in oil with a more delicate flavor... only when ...

I want something savory! 😉

Ingredients for 2 people:

Fennel: 1

orange: 1

Olives

anchovies in oil: 5-6

extra virgin olive oil

salt and pepper

lemon juice

Here's how to prepare the orange and fennel salad, a quick and easy recipe to prepare a salad different from the usual. Clean the fennel by removing the hardest outer leaves. Cut the fennel into 4 parts and wash them. Slice the fennel with a knife or with a mandolin. I prefer the mandolin because I can make thinner slices. Take the orange and cut the 2 ends. With the knife cut the outer peel peeling the orange. At this point you can decide whether to cut the peeled orange into slices or cut the wedges one by one. Let's say that the second option is the result of modern 😀 times also because in the tradition waste is not allowed 😉 

The orange and fennel salad are a fresh and tasty side dish, atypical recipe of Sicilian cuisine perfect to accompany second courses of meat such as roast bread and Sicilian rolls. The traditional recipe includes in addition to oranges and fennel also black olives and smoked herring. Over time, herring has been replaced with anchovies in oil with a more delicate flavor, but I do not always put them ... 

only when I want something savory! 😉

PROCEDURE

Here's how to prepare the orange and fennel salad, a quick and easy recipe to prepare a salad different from the usual. Clean the fennel by removing the hardest outer leaves. Cut the fennel into 4 parts and wash them. Slice the fennel with a knife or with a mandolin. I prefer the mandolin because I can make thinner slices. Take the orange and cut the 2 ends. With the knife cut the outer peel peeling the orange. At this point you can decide whether to cut the peeled orange into slices or cut the wedges one by one. Let's say that the second option is the result of modern 😀 times also because in the tradition waste is not allowed 😉 Put the fennel and oranges in a bowl, add the black olives and, the chopped anchovies and mix. Season with salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil and the lemon juice. Let it flavor for about ten minutes and serve.

Your orange and fennel salad are ready!