Goodbye Winter!!!!

Today it has been such a beautiful Spring day: sunny and warm to the point
you feel winter is slipping away.
To celebrate I have prepared a nice, fresh dessert made with the queens
of winter: oranges and grapefruits.
This dessert is packed with Vit C and it is colorful and cheerful.

SWEET SALAD WITH ORANGES, GRAPEFRUITS AND GOOSBERRIES


Ingredients for 4:

2 pink grapefruits
2 oranges
2 TBS liquid honey
1 TBS unsalted pumpkin seeds
1 TBS dried cranberries
1 handful of gooseberries

For the cream:

4 TBS Greek or Skyr yogurt
2 tsp liquid honey
half tsp vanilla essence


Peel oranges and grapefruits with a sharp knife so to remove peel and the white part,
then slice each segment so to get rid of the thin membrane that covers them.
This technique is called "citrus suprêmes" (I add instruction on how to do it at the end).
Mix the citrus with honey, then add cranberries, pumpkin seeds and gooseberries.

Prepare cream mixing yogurt with honey and vanilla essence.

Serve salad with a dollop of cream.

What's easier then that?



Instructions to peel citrus the "suprêmes" way:

1. Citrus Fruits - You can use this method to cut any citrus: oranges, grapefruits, even lemons.

2. Slice a little off the top and bottom - This gives you a stable cutting surface and will also make it easier to trim away the rest of the peel.

3. Trim away the skin and pith - You can use any knife you feel comfortable with for this step. Start at the top and slice downwards following the curve of the fruit. Try to cut away all of the skin and the pith without also taking too much of the fruit. We usually err on the side of caution and then go back afterward to trim up spots that we missed.

4. Cut into one of the segments - Use a paring knife for this step and have a bowl ready to catch the citrus juices. Slip the knife between one of the segments and the connective membrane. Cut until you reach the middle of the orange, but don't cut through any of the membrane. Go slowly and keep your fingers out of the way!

5. and 6. Scoop out the segment - Use a scooping motion to turn the knife back on itself, hook under the bottom edge of the citrus segment, and pry it away. The side that is still attached to a membrane will peel away, leaving you with a perfect wedge.

7. and 8. Repeat with all the other segments - Continue on with the next segment. Slide your knife between the membrane and the segment, and then pop the segment out. We find that the first segment is always the hardest to get out and the rest are a lot easier!