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    Home » Recipes » Nutrition » All About Blood Oranges

    All About Blood Oranges

    Published: Feb 17, 2017 Modified: Jun 29, 2019 by GG

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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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