Blood Oranges
It must be the season for these because I've been seeing them everywhere. They're really very striking-looking, and don't taste very much like oranges. In fact, I kind of find the taste a bit insipid, like cherry flavor or fruit punch. From the outside they look like orange, some like oranges with a blush. I think the red flesh is beautiful but would rely on something else for flavor. (Although maybe if you reduced the juice you'd end up with something surprising.)
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I love em! I broke down about 50 tonite for a blood orange marmalade I will make tomorrow. I like them for salad dressings too.
An interesting thing I read was from Heston Blumenthal (fatduck.co.uk) who pairs them with yellow beets in a terrine...he tries to trick people into thinking they are going to get a sweet taste from the yellow and beet taste to the red...but they are fooled when they eat it!
where in nyc can i find blood oranges? are they still in season in early april? please contact me asap. thanx, sherry
That sounds like a GREAT idea. I will give it a try.