Orange Vinaigrette
"The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films."
~ Paul Newman
Oranges have always been one of my favorite fruits. I love the crisp, clean scent of anything orange based from my cleaners, to my body scrubs to my choice of food flavorings - orange is my first love.
When I lived in San Diego I could spend hours driving north and loved nothing more than finding myself in the midst of orange groves - so aromatic, so romantic (yes, something about those orange groves is romantic to me.)
So this morning while flipping through the pages of my "Bobby Flay's Bold American Food" cookbook, and I happened upon this recipe for Orange Vinaigrette - you can imagine my delight! And being the good blog host that I am, I'm going to share it with all of you!
Enjoy!
Orange Vinaigrette
1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice, 2tbs chopped red onion, 2 tbs fresh lime juice, 1 tsp dijon mustard, 1 tsp ancho chile powder, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1/2 cup olive oil, salt and freshly ground pepper
1. In a saucepan over high heat, reduce the orange juice until it forms a syrup. Let the syrup cool slightly (to skip this step, substitute 3 tbs of undiluted frozen orange juice.)
2. In a blender, combine the orange syrup, onion, lime juice, mustard, chile powder, and wine vinegar. Blend for 30 seconds. With the blender running, slowly add the olive oil until the dressing emulsifies. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
May be prepared 1 day ahead and refrigerated. Bring to room termperature before serving.
Holy cow - get a load of the size of these! My neighbor has a fabulous, drool-worthy garden (unlike mine - please see yesterday's post) and he's been keeping my family loaded up with all types of fresh veggies for a few weeks now.
But man, oh, man - what's a girl to do with these?
The zucchini was just as big, but the kids like zucchini bread, so I can make that in bulk and freeze it. :)
But, I think if I serve the family squash sauteed with onions and olive oil one more time, I might have a revolt on my hands. Any sure-fire family friendly summer squash recipes out there? Please...If you got one, post it...I don't want these beauties to go to waste, but the family is begging for some variety!
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