Winter Salad

This is a tasty little invention of mine that I call winter salad because small oranges and pears are in season in the autumn and winter.

Ingredients:

• Mixed spring greens
• 2 or 3 Satsumas, clementines, or tangelos
• 1 or 2 ripe pear(s)
• Black currants (amount to taste)
• Almond slivers or slices (amount to taste)

Peel the oranges, carefully removing the chewy white pith, and section them (don’t slice them, leave the sections whole). Cut the pears into small chunks. Put mixed greens and 3/4 of other ingredients in the bowl and toss. Sprinkle the top with the rest of the ingredients for presentation. Serve with a salad dressing of your choice – I usually go with something vinegar and oil based.

Note: You can get black currants and almond slivers or slices in the bulk aisle. Also, do NOT use regular-sized oranges. Only the small, juicy, intensely flavorful winter oranges listed above taste good this way. If you insist on using a big orange, cut the sections into chunks. That’ll help release some juices and flavor, but it’ll still be disappointing.