Contents:

• Prawns in orange
• Ham and mushrooms
• Salad with "Amaretto"
• Festive Salad
• Fruit Salad
• Salad with jamon
• Salad with veal

What may be less exotic than an orange? Even in times of shortages, when the same bananas seemed a luxury, calm oranges sold in virtually every grocery store. And now, few people know that the oranges originally came to us from China, and the word "orange" - a reproduction of the German «apfelsine» - «Chinese apple." There is to this fruit is always treated with great respect - I think that it brings happiness.

By the way, later Europeans shared this view. For the "orange blossom" - the flower of orange tree - an indispensable attribute of the headdress of the bride. Do you still think that the orange - it's corny? Or maybe you just do not know how to cook it? Try a few recipes for salads in orange! Did you change your mind.

Prawns in orange

Suddenly you came to visit, and you have nothing to put on the table? Try to make the original shrimp salad. It did not take long - within an hour you will be able to show off their culinary skills. To prepare two servings you will need:

• two large tablespoons of raisins;
• 100 grams of shrimp;
• one orange;
• 1/2 cup rice;
• two large tablespoons of almonds;
• oregano;
• large spoon of lemon juice;
• ground pepper;
• salt.

Pour the raisins with hot water and leave to soak for 30-35 minutes. Put the rice to cook and then cool it. Boil water and boil shrimp. When they are ready, cool and clean them. Take an orange and carefully cut it in half. Take - without breaking! - The remaining slices. Or rather, half slices. Remove the remaining white film. Make all the necessary very carefully - so as not to damage the peel. That she will serve as a kind of "plate of" for your salad in orange.

Mix raisins, rice, orange slices and shrimp. Chop the almonds and put them in a salad. Make the dressing. To do this, mix the lemon juice with the olive oil, add pepper, salt and oregano. Fill salad, mix everything carefully and store in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes. Your salad is ready! It remains to expand it in orange "plates" and can invite guests to the table!

Ham and mushrooms

With this salad "tinker" have little more than the previous one. But the result is worth it! Its taste will satisfy even the most notorious "fussy" and gourmets. You will need:

• two large orange
• One small onion
• 100 grams of cheese
• 50 grams of prunes
• 100 grams of mushrooms
• mayonnaise
• greenery
• two large spoons of sour cream

Pour the prunes hot water and leave for 20-30 minutes. Once it to steam, chopped. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and ham cut into small cubes. Chop the onion and fry it with mushrooms. Take oranges, wash thoroughly and cut in half. Remove the pulp, chop and mix with the remaining ingredients. Fill salad with sour cream, add a little mayonnaise. Gently lay in orange "small plates." To decorate oranges salad greens can be used.

Salad with "Amaretto"

Cooking Time - 45 minutes. For four portions you need:

• Four oranges
• four large tablespoons of almond liquor "Amaretto"
• 100 grams of sour cream
• one big spoon of vanilla sugar
• 20 grams of chopped almonds

Take the orange, put it under running water and good clean brush. Dry the paper towel and peel with a knife scrape "julienne" way to get thin strips. Cut them with a sharp knife into thin strips. The remaining orange peel, remove the white layer. Slice them thin circles and remove the seeds. Beautifully arranged slices in a salad bowl and pour the almond liqueur. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge to soak.

Just before serving, whisk in a thick foam is well chilled cream, gradually adding a thin stream of vanilla sugar. Almond fry until golden yellow in a pan without adding fat. Mugs orange coat whipped cream, sprinkle with orange zest, almonds and serve. Bon Appetit!

Salad "Festive"

Despite the fact that all products used for the preparation is very simple, this salad is able to decorate any holiday table. However, for a family dinner, he will be very useful - the taste is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent. For this "culinary masterpiece" You will need:

• 300 grams of chicken
• 200 grams of fresh cucumbers
• Four large orange
• mayonnaise
• salt

Thoroughly rinse the chicken and boil it in boiling, lightly salted water. Approximate cooking time - 25 minutes. Cool and finely chop. Carefully, using a brush, wash the oranges. Carefully, with a special knife, make an incision in the middle of a zig-zag, and divide the fruit into two equal parts. However, if such a knife you do not, well, you can do the usual, well-sharpened.

Remove the pulp and remove plenochki. Cut the oranges into small pieces. Cut the cucumber into cubes and mix with chicken and orange. Season with salt and season with mayonnaise. Pour in orange "bowl." If you wish, you can decorate with sprigs of salad greens and cranberries.

Fruit Salad

This recipe shared with us Italian cooking. If you have all the necessary ingredients, preparation of a very tasty and healthy dessert will not take you more than 20 minutes. You will need:

• Four large orange
• 100 grams of strawberries
• 100 grams of pomegranate seeds
• 100 grams of blueberries
• 1 large spoonful of sugar
• a bunch of mint
• 75 milliliters of champagne

Carefully loop through all the berries and rinse them under running cold water. Cut the orange in half and remove the pulp, being careful not to damage the skin of the fruit. Clean slices of white skin and cut them into cubes. Put the prepared dish in advance. Add strawberries, blueberries and pomegranate seeds. Sprinkle with sugar, pour the champagne and mix. Take in the refrigerator and leave it there for 25-30 minutes. Then lay on the orange "baskets" and garnish with mint leaves. Salad ready!

Salad with jamon

As you can guess from the basic ingredients - ham - this recipe comes from Spain. This salad, at any time of the year, will remind you of hot summer, distant lands and unforgettable journey. Although the Spanish "flavor" to find the necessary ingredients to be quite simple - as a rule, they are all in big supermarkets. For two servings of salad you need:

• a few slices of Spanish ham
• one orange
• 1/4 red onion
• seven olives
• One small spoon of olive oil
• black pepper
• salt
• cumin seeds
• basil or mint

Wash the orange and cut it into two equal parts. Carefully, using a knife, remove the flesh and cut it into slices. Cut a quarter-red onion rings. Jamon better crush - tear - hands. He "does not like" knife. Olives - at your discretion - can be left whole or cut too. As you wish. Mix all ingredients in a pre-prepared dishes. Now - filling. Mix the olive oil with ground zira, pepper and salt. Add three tablespoons of orange juice little. Fill the salad and put in orange "bowl." Garnish with mint or basil can be.

Salad with veal

Your kid is capricious, and refuses to eat? Caring moms recommend to treat "capricious" in this salad. Children are usually very fond of fruit, as well as all unusual and interesting. Therefore salad in a basket of oranges will certainly want to taste your baby. Of course, this dish is suitable only for those children who are not allergic to citrus. Well, sour cream must be very careful - make sure that it is fresh. However, it seems that "will appreciate" this salad is not only children - adults it is usually like, no less.

You will need:

• two oranges
• 150 grams of boiled beef
• two leaves of lettuce
• dessert spoon of sour cream
• some salt

Prepare the orange "baskets." To do this, wash the fruit and carefully remove the pulp. Cut the orange and the meat into small pieces. Tear lettuce. All the mix, season with a little salt and sour cream. Lay on the "basket". Well, who can resist? As you can see, different recipes of salads oranges - a great many. Choose the one that you like best. And this fruit is sure to share with you the solar energy and lift your spirits. You'll see.