Orange Salad With Cinnamon

Traditional recipe:

6 juicy and seedless oranges
50 g (1¾ oz.) icing sugar
Juice of 1½ oranges
100 ml (3½ fl. oz.) orange-blossom water

To serve:
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
100 g (3½ oz.) walnuts, coarsely crushed (optional)
3 mint sprigs
Peel the oranges, remove the pith completely and cut them into slices 5 mm (1/4 inch) thick. Discard any pips and core or pith.

Arrange the orange slices on a large, round plate in a spiral shape, each slice slightly overlapping the previous one until the plate is covered completely. Sprinkle on the icing sugar and add the orange juice and the orange-blossom water. Cover with cling film and refrigerate.

Before serving, sprinkle with the ground cinnamon and scatter on the walnuts. Decorate the centre of the plate with the sprigs of mint.

Serves 6.


From "The Momo Cookbook" by Mourad Mazouz



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