Fennel, red onion and orange salad (V)

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Another Middle Eastern influenced dish.

Ingredients

• 6 small seedless oranges or satsumas
• 1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced (as you would an onion)
• 2 red onions, peeled and thinly sliced into rings
• 1 tablespoon cumin seeds, cracked in a pestle and mortar
• 1 tablespoon freshly chopped mint
• 1 teaspoon caraway seeds, cracked in a pestle and mortar
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• Freshly picked mint sprigs to garnish
• Sea salt to taste

Method

1. Peel and slice the oranges, reserving any juice
2. Arrange the fennel, onions and orange slices in layers into a shallow serving dish
3. Sprinkle the caraway, cumin salt, pepper, mint and olive oil over each layer
4. Pour any reserved orange juice over the top
5. Chill and rest for 2 hours

Serving suggestions

Scatter torn mint leaves over the top

Variations

Serve with black olives