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All About Blood Oranges

February 17, 2017 by GG 1 Comment

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The blood orange, a member of the citrus family, is both beautiful in color and delicious in flavor. With it’s raspberry-citrus notes and deep red color, the blood orange adds a refreshing flavor and brightens up recipes. Let’s learn All About Blood Oranges!

The blood orange, a member of the citrus family, is both beautiful in color and delicious in flavor. With it's raspberry-citrus notes and deep red color, the blood orange adds a refreshing flavor and brightens up recipes. Let's learn All About Blood Oranges!

All About Blood Oranges

Citrus adds a clean bright flavor to recipes and winter is it’s prime season. Oranges have many species….mandarin, pomelo, Seville, navel, blood orange, and cara cara to name a few…. and of these, the blood orange is my absolute favorite! It’s great just to eat on it’s own, use the segments in a salad or stir fry or microplane the zest to stir into salad dressings and batters for a fabulous citrus flavor! Feel free to substitute a blood orange for any other type of orange in a recipe! So let me introduce you to my good friend the blood orange!

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Learn all about the gorgeous, sweet-tart tasting blood orange! Nutrition | Fruit Storage | Fruit Selection | Ways To Use | Blood Oranges | Oranges | Citrus

Facts About Blood Oranges:

  • Are available December through May
  • Have few or no seeds
  • Get their name from the deep rich garnet color of their flesh
  • Have an orange rind with a bright red blush
  • Have a beautiful red juice
  • Have a sweet-tart citrus juice with a hint of raspberry
  • Are primarily grown in Italy and are also grown in California and Texas
  • Typically will have 3 oranges in 1 pound
  • 1 pound of blood oranges will yield about 1 cup of juice

The blood orange, a member of the citrus family, is both beautiful in color and delicious in flavor. With it's raspberry-citrus notes and deep red color, the blood orange adds a refreshing flavor and brightens up recipes. Let's learn All About Blood Oranges! #allaboutbloodoranges #citrus #bloodorangenutrition #bloodorangebenefits #bloodorangerecipes #swirlsofflavor

Blood Orange Nutrition

  • Rich in antioxidants
  • Source of Vitamin C
  • Contain calcium
  • Provide 28% of the recommended daily intake of fiber
  • Contain Vitamin A
  • A medium blood orange is 70 calories and contains no fat, sodium or cholesterol!
Learn all about the gorgeous, sweet-tart tasting blood orange! Nutrition | Fruit Storage | Fruit Selection | Ways To Use | Blood Oranges | Oranges | Citrus

My sweet granddaughter Emma making homemade blood orange juice!

How to Select and Store Blood Oranges

  • Select a firm fruit
  • Be sure the orange is heavy in weight for it’s size
  • Store at room temperature for a few days
  • Store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks

The blood orange, a member of the citrus family, is both beautiful in color and delicious in flavor. With it's raspberry-citrus notes and deep red color, the blood orange adds a refreshing flavor and brightens up recipes. Let's learn All About Blood Oranges! #allaboutbloodoranges #citrus #bloodorangenutrition #bloodorangebenefits #bloodorangerecipes #swirlsofflavor

How to Use Blood Oranges

  • Cut into wedges and combine with onion wedges and roast with chicken
  • Stir orange segments into a stir fry
  • Add slices to iced tea, a punch , a cocktail or seltzer…with vodka, if you’d like
  • Stir zest into cookie dough or cake batter
  • Add orange segments to a salad
  • Stir zest into a salad dressing

 

Let me know how you enjoy your

blood oranges!

 

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