Friday, December 12, 2014

Some dishes depend on one special ingredient, the absence of which gives you something rather ordinary

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Orange Blossom Carrot Salad (photo)

Orange Blossom Carrot Salad Recipe

Prep time: 15 minutes Yield:

Ingredients 1 lb carrots (with small cores) peeled and coarsely grated 1/2 cup golden or crimson raisins 1/4 cup olive oil 2 Tbsp honey 2 Tbsp + 2 tsp freshly juiced lemon juice 2 Tbsp + 2 tsp orange flower water 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, or more to taste Salt and pepper, lightly sprinkled to taste Chopped fresh mint for garnish

Method

Combine all the ingredients except mint. Chill in refrigerator several hours or overnight. Serve garnished with slivers of mint leaves.

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Evie adapted this recipe from one by Claudia Roden in The New Book of Middle Eastern Food

Links:

Orange Flower Water- available through Amazon.com. Good write-up, though I was able to get some delicious orange flower water at Whole Foods for only $2 for the same size bottle.

Theocook


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