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Mediterranean Orange Olive Salad

Mediterranean Orange Olive Salad is a refreshing alternative to mixed greens or soup starters. 
Prep Time15 minutes
Course: Appetizer, dinner, lunch, Salad, Snack
Cuisine: American, European, Mediterranean
Keyword: extra virgin olive oil, mediterranean, orange, salad
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 3 large oranges Navel, Blood, or Valencia are best
  • 1 red onion
  • ½ cup Kalamata olives, pitted
  • 1 tbsp fresh rosemary leaves
  • ¼ extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt - to taste

Instructions

  • Peel 2 oranges and remove white pith from the flesh. Cut across the fruit to make round slices. Remove seeds.
  • Squeeze the juice from the remaining orange into a container and set aside.
  • Remove the paper skin from the red onion. Slice into thin rounds.
  • Arrange orange and onion rounds onto a plate in an alternating pattern.
  • Scatter Kalamata olives and fresh Rosemary leaves over the plate.
  • Drizzle with a good quality extra virgin olive oil and orange juice.
  • Salt to taste.