Orange & Date Salad

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Orange and Date Salad with almonds and pistachios on Mitsuo Shoji plates and white-washed wooden background

Once you discover how easy it is to segment an orange, you’ll be making this simple salad all the time. I like the crunch of toasted almonds or vivid Persian pistachio slivers, but they’re optional. This versatile orange and date salad is a great dessert on its own or an accompaniment to other citrus desserts like orange, almond and yoghurt cake. It can also be served with savoury dishes, especially with some pitted olives, chopped parsley, olive oil, salt and pepper added.

Serves 2

Ingredients
  • 15g slivered almonds or pistachios (½oz)
  • 2 oranges
  • 30g pitted dates, sliced into thin slivers (1oz)
  • A few tiny mint leaves
Method
  1. Toast almonds if using them (it’s not necessary with pistachios).
  2. Segment the oranges (learn how to segment citrus here or see video below).
  3. Place orange segments, almonds, dates and mint in a clean bowl and toss well to combine (drink the orange juice).
  4. Serve orange and date salad immediately or, if preparing ahead of time, add mint at the last moment.
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