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Dried orange and apple salad with roasted almonds
Happy New Year, everyone!Seeing as the New Year for the Trees (Tu B'Shevat, my favorite holiday) is coming up in two weeks, I figured it's time for another fruit and nut recipe. The easiest way I've found to make dried fruit is to use a dehydrator. It's a necessity if you have bountiful fruit trees (or CSAs) and can't give away all the fruit they're producing. Where I am in winter, citrus (oranges, lemons, limes, calamansi, pommelo, you name it) trees start to produce like crazy.
I got enough oranges from my CSA box last week to dry two full loads in the dehydrator. My ninang made some limoncello with her Meyer lemons, and she still has enough to make sorbet. Once she's done making it I'll post that recipe, but until then, try this salad. If you don't have a dehydrator, you can use fresh oranges instead. Dried orange and apple salad with roasted almonds 1 cup dried oranges (about 4)
1 cup sliced, cored apples (about 4)
1/2 cup almonds
1/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed if you have it
1 T cinnamon sugar
1 t orange zest
a few mint leaves for garnish 0. Dry the oranges the day before: Wash and zest 4 oranges. Peel off the pith, then lay out the sections on a dehydrator tray. If you don't have a dehydrator, use a toaster oven, or make this salad fresh. Follow your dehydrator's instructions for fruit, or if using a toaster oven, dry at 135F for about twelve hours. You can prop the door open with a wooden spoon.
1. Roast the almonds: Set the almonds in a roasting pan and roast in a 350F toaster oven or oven for about 5 minutes, until fragrant. You can also do this on the stovetop with a pan over high heat. Once they're done, pour them into a cool nonmetal bowl to stop the cooking. If you like, sprinkle them with a little cinnamon sugar after they're done roasting. Let cool.
2. Mix the zest, orange juice, and cinnamon sugar together into a dressing.
3. Core the apples and slice them into sixths or eighths.
4. Mix together the oranges, apples, almonds, and dressing. Tear the mint leaves into pieces and sprinkle them on top. Serve.
I got enough oranges from my CSA box last week to dry two full loads in the dehydrator. My ninang made some limoncello with her Meyer lemons, and she still has enough to make sorbet. Once she's done making it I'll post that recipe, but until then, try this salad. If you don't have a dehydrator, you can use fresh oranges instead. Dried orange and apple salad with roasted almonds 1 cup dried oranges (about 4)
1 cup sliced, cored apples (about 4)
1/2 cup almonds
1/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed if you have it
1 T cinnamon sugar
1 t orange zest
a few mint leaves for garnish 0. Dry the oranges the day before: Wash and zest 4 oranges. Peel off the pith, then lay out the sections on a dehydrator tray. If you don't have a dehydrator, use a toaster oven, or make this salad fresh. Follow your dehydrator's instructions for fruit, or if using a toaster oven, dry at 135F for about twelve hours. You can prop the door open with a wooden spoon.
1. Roast the almonds: Set the almonds in a roasting pan and roast in a 350F toaster oven or oven for about 5 minutes, until fragrant. You can also do this on the stovetop with a pan over high heat. Once they're done, pour them into a cool nonmetal bowl to stop the cooking. If you like, sprinkle them with a little cinnamon sugar after they're done roasting. Let cool.
2. Mix the zest, orange juice, and cinnamon sugar together into a dressing.
3. Core the apples and slice them into sixths or eighths.
4. Mix together the oranges, apples, almonds, and dressing. Tear the mint leaves into pieces and sprinkle them on top. Serve.
