ORANGE AND ONION INSALATA Recipe

Name: ORANGE AND ONION INSALATA Recipe
Ingredients: A head of Romaine lettuce or 1 bunch of watercress or a good 2 handfuls of mescaline greens.; 3-4 Naval or blood oranges with the skin scored and sliced with skin on (eat it with skin on also); OPTIONAL:; 1 -2 cans of mandarin orange wedges, drain if in water, if in juice, use it in dressing. Also Blood oranges make a great color presentation for this dish if you can find them.; Some good extra virgin olive oil; 1 spoon of frozen concentrated orange juice.; Red wine vinegar; A splash of water; A can of black olives; 1 Red onion sliced thin; A pinch of fresh minced oregano ( if not available, dry will do ); A small handful of chopped fresh flat leaf Italian parsley and fresh basil.; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

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ORANGE AND ONION INSALATA Every Holiday my father would make this enormous antipasto salad in a large turkey platter and put it the center of the table before the guests arrived for everyone to see....

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Ingredients

A head of Romaine lettuce or 1 bunch of watercress or a good 2 handfuls of mescaline greens.
3-4 Naval or blood oranges with the skin scored and sliced with skin on (eat it with skin on also)
OPTIONAL:
1 -2 cans of mandarin orange wedges, drain if in water, if in juice, use it in dressing. Also Blood oranges make a great color presentation for this dish if you can find them.
Some good extra virgin olive oil
1 spoon of frozen concentrated orange juice.
Red wine vinegar
A splash of water
A can of black olives
1 Red onion sliced thin
A pinch of fresh minced oregano ( if not available, dry will do )
A small handful of chopped fresh flat leaf Italian parsley and fresh basil.
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste