Fennel and beet salad with tangerine dressing
Insalata di finocchio, barbabietola e mandarini
 
I’ve been coming up with things to do with the too many tangerines I bought, and this is one of them. I must say, I was really pleased with this one and it wasn’t just that I was famished when I made it. 

For the salad
raw fennel bulb
cooked beets
Gorgonzola cheese (the brand is Arrigoni - Valtaleggio
Gorgonzola Piccante from Costco - excellent!)
tangerine  
walnuts 

For the dressing
tangerine juice
extra virgin olive oil 
apple cider vinegar
honey
salt
pepper 

Preparation
Remove fennel stalks if present, cut bulb horizontally into thin slices, wash and pat dry.
Slice or cube the cooked beets. (Trader Joe’s sells some lovely small beets from France, already cooked and ready to go. I really think it’s worth buying them, considering how much gas or electricity it takes to cook beets.)
Lay fennel on plate. I saw what a pretty pattern it was making so I went with it. 

















Add beets, bits of tangerine, without peel or membrane, Gorgonzola cheese, and walnuts. 
Make the dressing with some tangerine juice, a little olive oil, some apple cider vinegar, honey, salt and pepper. I did not measure the ingredients because I just added and tasted. I started with the tangerine juice, which was the main ingredient. 










I seasoned it, then I messed it all up, and ate it. 










But I couldn’t let all that good dressing in the bottom of the plate go to waste, so I made it again.














Yup, I liked that salad. Next time I’ll use the candied, tangerine flavored walnuts that I’m working on right now. 

In italiano
Finalmente mi cominciano a venire delle idee su cosa fare con i troppi mandarini che ho comprato una settimana fa. Eccone una. 

Ingredienti

Per l’insalata
finocchio
barbabietole cotte
gorgonzola piccante
mandarini 
noci 

Per il condimento
succo di mandarino
olio evo 
aceto di mele
miele
sale
pepe

Preparazione
Affettare il finocchio orizzontalmente, in fette sottili e lavarle.
Tagliare le barbabietole.(Trovo che è molto conveniente comprarle già cotte, se possibile, per il risparmio del tempo e dell’energia elettrica necessari per cuocerle.)
Adagiare le fette di finocchio sul piatto. Quando ho visto come erano belle, ho continuato a disporle a mo’ di fiore. 















Aggiungere le barbabietole, i pezzetti di polpa di mandarino, senza scorza e membrana, il gorgonzola e le noci. 
Preparare il condimento con il succo di mandarino, un po’ di olio evo, dell’aceto di mele, pochissimo miele, sale e pepe. Non ho misurato gli ingredienti perchè ho assaggiato man mano che li aggiungevo, cominciando con il succo di mandarino che è l’ingrediente principale.   

Mi è piaciuta tanto che me ne sono preparata un secondo piatto. Un’altra volta userò le noci zuccherate, al gusto di mandarino, che sto sperimentando in questo momento.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
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