There Will Be Blood Oranges
February 28th, 2008 by monicaIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or sign up for email updates. Thanks for visiting!
Blood oranges are in season! How I wish I could package their juicy essence and enjoy the ruby sweet pulp all year round, but that would defeat the purpose: these sublime beauties deserve to be eaten raw.
Blood oranges also deserve the attention they’ve been getting around the the interweb. At World’s Healthiest Foods, there’s this post on their superior nutritional profile:
These anthocyanins are flavonoid pigments that provide blood oranges with their crimson color. Blood oranges also contain vitamin C in more concentrated amounts than conventional oranges. These fruits-native to Italy and Spain-can typically provide between 150-200 milligrams of vitamin C per cup of juice. The amount of vitamin C in a cup of juice from conventional oranges is typically between 75-125 milligrams.
That’s interesting and all, but the best thing about blood oranges is their flavor - sweet, ripe and ready for a recipe extravaganza! Here are a few that have cropped up in recent weeks:
Blood orange recipes
- Tamarind, Orange and Mint dressing from Veggie Meal Plans
- Mini Coconut Blood Orange Bundt Cakes (say that 5 times fast) from VeganYumYum
- Blood Orange Sorbet by David Lebovitz (does not require an ice cream maker!)
- Blood Orange Margarita
- Roasted Beet and Blood Orange Salad from Heidi at 101 Cookbooks
- Blood Orange Salsa from Kim O’Donnel of The Washington Post
I’ve been meaning to try the mint dressing, but I keep eating all of the oranges before I get around to making it. If only all of life’s problems were this good…
