Grapefruit And Navel Orange Gratin Recipes

ORANGE AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD WITH CORIANDER AND BLACK OLIVES

Steps:

• Peel and segment the citrus. Using a paring knife, slice a thin slice off the top and the bottom of the fruit, so that it has a stable base. Then, start to slice off the peel in strips, moving your knife from top to bottom, following the natural curve of the fruit. Repeat, moving around the perimeter of the fruit, until there's no more peel and the flesh is visable.
• To remove the segments, hold the fruit in the palm of your hand and then slice between the membranes toward the center of the fruit to release a pretty little segment of citrus. Repeat for each fruit.
• Arrange the orange and grapefruit segments in a shallow dish. Sprinkle the olives over the fruit. Drizzle the oil over the citrus segments and sprinkle with the coriander, salt and pepper. Serve.

GRAPEFRUIT ORANGE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Whisk in soda until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Cover and refrigerate until cool. , In a large bowl, combine the oranges, grapefruit and grapes. Add sauce; stir to coat.

ORANGE-GRAPEFRUIT MARMALADE WITH GINGER

Steps:

• Cut fruit in half, squeeze out juice and pulp, discard seeds. The volume of this should be approximately 4 cups. Remove zest, this should yield approximately 1/2 cup. Transfer juice, pulp and zest to a large glass bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. This helps the peel to soften.
• After soaking, put the citrus in a large stockpot. Add 6 cups of water, simmer for 1 1/2 hours. A sample of the peel should feel quite tender if rubbed between fingers. Add sugar and ginger. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Boil hard for 20 minutes until sugar is dissolved and mixture is thickened. If the mixture foams up, add a pat of butter and the froth will subside.
• Test for jell-point: drop a small amount of hot marmalade on a chilled plate. Return to the freezer for 1 minute. If surface forms a skin, it has reached jelling point, if still syrupy, continue cooking and test again in 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in pectin. Cool for 15 minutes, spoon into half-pint sterilized jars leaving 1/4-inch headspace and seal.
• ** Recipe Note: Traditionally the citrus seeds and pith are enclosed in a nylon bag and boiled along with the juice/pulp. This releases the natural pectin that is stored in that part of the orange. For time and ease, we eliminated that step and used store-bought fruit pectin. It worked very well.
• ***To sterilize the canning jars, wash the containers in hot, soapy water and rinse. Boil them in a large pot for 10 minutes. Keep the jars in hot water until ready to use to prevent the jars from cracking. Dry with paper towels before filling with marmalade. Once filled, put on lids and collar. Boil again for 10 minutes to seal the jars.

ANN'S FANTASTIC FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Mix grapefruit, orange, apples, pineapple, maraschino cherries, and grapes in a large bowl. Mash slightly with the back of a wooden spoon to release juices. Add bananas, coconut, walnuts, and sugar; stir to coat. Cover and refrigerate to blend flavors, at least 1 hour.

GRAPEFRUIT SABAYON GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Cut peel, including all white pith, from grapefruit with a sharp knife. Cut segments from membranes and divide segments among gratin dishes.
• Combine yolks, sugar, and wine in a large metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water and beat with a handheld mixer at medium-high speed until mixture registers 140°F on thermometer, about 4 minutes. Continue beating over heat until mixture has tripled in volume and forms a thick ribbon when mixer is lifted, 4 to 5 minutes more. Remove bowl from heat.
• Spoon sabayon over grapefruit segments and broil 4 to 6 inches from heat just until sabayon is browned, about 30 seconds. Serve immediately.

GRAPEFRUIT GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat broiler with rack 4 inches from heat. Remove peel and pith from grapefruit. Halve fruit vertically; slice crosswise into 3/4-inch-thick half-moons. Place pieces, overlapping to fit, in a shallow broilerproof baking dish (ours was about 12 by 7 inches).
• In a small bowl, stir together sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over grapefruit. Broil until sugar has begun to brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with biscotti, if desired.

HONEYED ORANGE & GRAPEFRUIT

Steps:

• Top and tail all the oranges and grapefruits. One at a time, sit each on a board and using a small, sharp serrated knife slice away the peel and pith. Thinly slice into rounds. Arrange on a platter, drizzle over honey and orange blossom water, and set aside at room temperature, loosely covered with cling film until ready to serve. Serve with the pastries and orange cream (see 'Goes well with').

GRATIN OF ORANGES

Steps:

• Peel and slice the oranges: Using a sharp paring knife, slice off the bottom and the top of each orange, exposing the flesh underneath; following the curve of the fruit, cut a one-half to 1-inch wide vertical strip of the peel; repeat, working your way around the orange until you've cut away all the peel; trim any white pith.
• Slice the orange into quarter-inch slices and place in a baking dish (a 12-inch round dish works well).
• Repeat, using all of the oranges.
• In a small heat-proof bowl, combine the egg yolks, sugar, orange juice, rum, lemon juice and orange zest and stir to combine with a whisk.
• Place the bowl over a small pan of simmering water, like a double-boiler, and continue stirring with the whisk; the mixture will foam a little, then turn pale and finally thicken after about 3 to 5 minutes.
• When the mixture is thick enough that the whisk leaves tracks in it, remove the bowl from the heat, whisk rapidly to cool it down, and pour it through a fine strainer into a clean bowl.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate (the dish can be prepared to this point up to 8 hours in advance and refrigerated separately).
• When almost ready to serve, beat the whipping cream with a balloon whisk until it forms stiff peaks.
• Stir the egg mixture to loosen it, adding any orange juice that has collected in the bottom of the baking dish.
• Gently fold the egg mixture into the whipping cream.
• Sprinkle the oranges with the powdered sugar and stir to combine.
• Spoon the egg mixture over the oranges in a haphazard pattern (there won't be enough to completely cover the fruit, so don't worry).
• Sprinkle with the slivered almonds and place the baking dish under a cold broiler as close to the flame as possible.
• Turn on the broiler and heat just until the gratin puffs and browns, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Alternatively, you can brown the top with a creme brulee torch. Serve immediately.