This fennel salad with orange, grapefruit and pistachios is a summer salad you need to try! It’s a twist on the classic Sicilian orange salad, known in Italian as insalata di arance. It’s light, refreshing and ready within 10 minutes. Use a mandoline for ultra thin fennel slices or do it like me, chop it fine with a knife. Perfect as a starter for an Italian themed dinner or as a side at your next summer BBQ. Hope you like it as much as I do!
Fennel Salad
Sliced Fennel Salad with Orange, Grapefruit and Pistachio Nuts
Servings: 4
Adjust servings here:
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 2 fennel bulbs
- 2 oranges
- 1 grapefruit
- kosher salt
- 30 grams pistachio nuts
VINAIGRETTE
- 1 lemon
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Wash the fennel bulbs and slice them in half. Remove the core and trim the ends. Keep the fennel fronds.
- Cut each half into quarters, then slice the quarters as thinly as possible. Add the sliced fennel to a bowl.
- Prepare the vinaigrette. Add to a bowl the juice of a lemon, honey, olive oil, salt and pepper. Pour it over the fennel slices, mix well and set aside.
- Peel the orange and grapefruit, then cut them into thick slices.
- Chop the pistachios into small chunks.
- Arrange 2/3 of the orange and grapefruit slices on a plate. Add the sliced fennel on top, followed by the remaining citrus slices. Sprinkle the chopped pistachios over the salad.
- Add a pinch of kosher salt and garnish with fennel fronds.
Enjoy!
