Best 10 A Mainly Citrus Salad Dessert Recipes

CITRUS SALAD

Steps:

• Place lime slices, tangerine sections, navel orange, and grapefruit in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the lime zest, mandarin orange zest, shallots, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt. Pour over the fruit. Arrange dressed fruit atop romaine lettuce to serve.

A MAINLY CITRUS SALAD (DESSERT)

Steps:

• After sectioning the citrus, washing the berries and cutting the strawberries in half, put them all in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl mix the white wine, honey and key lime juice together. Note: I freshly squeezed my lime juice. As well I used Sauvignon white wine because it has a citric taste to it, and although it doesn't usually pair well with fruits, it blended too well with the fruit salad.
• Pour the mix into the salad, and let it marinate for at least 30 minutes before serving.

CITRUS SALAD

Steps:

• Place a sieve over a medium bowl. Hold an orange over the bowl, and using a paring knife, cut along the membrane on both sides of each segment. Free the segments and let them fall into the sieve. Repeat with the grapefruit. Squeeze the membranes over the bowl to extract as much juice as possible, reserving the juices in the bottom of the bowl. Place the fruit segments and fennel in a salad bowl.
• In a blender or the bowl of a small food processor, blend together the oil, basil and 3 tablespoons of the reserved juice until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Pour over the fruit and fennel. Add the chopped walnuts and toss until all the ingredients are coated.

CITRUS SALAD

Steps:

• Cut citrus fruit into supremes, making sure to reserve juices.
• On dessert plates, alternate grapefruit and orange supremes in an outside circle, leaving room in center for bananas.
• Combine juices which came out of grapefruit and oranges when you peeled and cut them into supremes, with some flavored syrup.
• Peel bananas, cut into thin rounds and center them inside oranges and grapefruit. Drizzle syrup over citrus and bananas and garnish with fresh mint.
• Heat wine, water, honey and cheesecloth bag and simmer, uncovered for 20 to 30 minutes or until 1 1/2 cups of liquid remain. Remove and discard cheesecloth.
• Use to spoon over citrus, bananas, kiwi, fresh apricots, peaches and nectarines
• In a cheesecloth, tie 12 crushed cardamom pods, whole coriander seeds, whole cloves and allspice or anything else you really like.

CITRUS SALAD

Steps:

• Working over a bowl to catch the juices, use a paring knife to slice between the sections and membranes of each grapefruit; remove the segments whole. Place each segment in bowl as completed. Repeat process with oranges in same bowl. Transfer to refrigerator. Recipe may be made up to this point 1 hour ahead.
• Make vinaigrette: In a small bowl, combine vinegar, honey, and salt and pepper to taste. Slowly whisk in olive oil, then canola oil, until mixture is well combined. Set vinaigrette aside.
• Just before serving, arrange radicchio and endive leaves on a large serving platter. Arrange grapefruit and orange segments in the center of the platter. Scatter red-onion slices over the top. Drizzle the reserved vinaigrette over the salad, and serve.

REFRESHING CITRUS SALAD

Steps:

• Combine canola oil, sugar, apple cider vinegar, sesame oil, onion, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, garlic, and paprika in a jar. Close and shake jar until dressing is well mixed.
• Place salad greens in a large bowl. Pour in half of the dressing; toss to mix. Arrange mandarin oranges, grape tomatoes, almonds, Gorgonzola cheese, and green onions on top.

MARINATED CITRUS SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the orange juice, vinegar, marmalade, sugar, pepper and salt; stir until sugar is dissolved. , In another large bowl, combine the grapefruit, oranges, asparagus, cucumber, onion and avocado. Add the marinade and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. , Drain and reserve marinade. Arrange lettuce on plates; top with fruit mixture. Sprinkle with mint if desired. Serve with reserved marinade.

CREAMY CITRUS SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in orange juice concentrate. Cool until partially set. Fold in oranges and pineapple. Pour into an greased 13-in. x 9-in. dish. Chill until firm. , In a small bowl, beat milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes; fold in cream. Spread over gelatin. Chill for 30 minutes.

SUMMER CITRUS FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• In large glass or plastic bowl, mix yogurt, mayonnaise, orange peel and orange juice.
• Gently stir remaining ingredients into yogurt mixture. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour but no longer than 4 hours.

CITRUS SALAD WITH PROSECCO

Steps:

• With a serrated knife, peel all the fruit, removing both skin and pith.
• Slice all the fruit crosswise about 1/4 inch thick. Arrange slices in shallow bowls, making sure each serving has all colors. Add a few blanched almonds to garnish. Sprinkle lightly with sugar.
• At the table, pour about 2 tablespoons of prosecco over each bowl.