The market · Fruit · Southern Europe

Blood oranges

An orange with crimson flesh, tasting of berries as much as citrus.

berry-like · bittersweet
Blood oranges

What to do with it

Ibu Sari's Beef rendangBlood orange would cut through its richnessRosa Ibarra's Clarified milk punch, mezcal and pineappleBlood orange would temper its sweetnessAna Etxarri's Pil pilBlood orange would cut through its richnessTolu Adeyemi's SuyaBlood orange would cut through its richness

Kinds

Tarocco
Sweet, lightly blushed, from Sicily.
Moro
The deepest red, and most bitter.

Goes with

fennelradicchioolive oilcampari

Knowing it

Where to buy
Greengrocers in late winter; Sicilian ones are the benchmark.

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