Ingredients for Sicilian Orange Salad

The Recipe for Sicilian Orange Salad with Onion

They make a salad from oranges with onion in Sicily which may seem a fairly quaint recipe at first, but as soon as you try it you will see how harmonious its taste is. This orange salad can go as a separate dish as well as a light vitamin-rich garnish to grilled meat or fried sausages. It’s usually the Tropea red sweet onion that is used.

Ingredients for Sicilian Orange Salad

    • 4-5 oranges
    • red or white onion, or  shallot
    • a handful of olives
    • 3-4 tablespoons olive oil
    • Salt and freshly ground black pepper: to taste.
Ingredients for Sicilian Orange Salad

Ingredients for Sicilian Orange Salad

Recipe for Sicilian Orange Salad with Onion

    1. Peel the oranges, cut off the white skin and cut across into slices.
oranges and onion

oranges and onion

    1. Cut the onion into thin crescents.
    2. Mix oranges, onion and olives in a salad bowl, dress with olive oil mixed with salt and black pepper.
    3. Let the salad come to for about 15-20 minutes.
Sicilian Orange Salad with Onion

Sicilian Orange Salad with Onion