Blood Orange Fool Recipes

BLOOD ORANGE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts into a baking dish. Squeeze juice of 2 blood oranges over chicken. Marinate from 12 to 24 hours; drain and discard used marinade.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Season each chicken breast with salt and black pepper. Brown chicken in hot oil on both sides, about 4 minutes per side; transfer to a plate and cover with aluminum foil.
• Melt butter in a clean skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in melted butter until onion is translucent and garlic has begun to brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in juice of 3 blood oranges, chicken stock, white wine, and parsley. Bring mixture to a boil. Return chicken breasts to skillet, reduce heat to low, and cover. Simmer until chicken is no longer pink inside, about 7 minutes per side.
• Place chicken to serving plates, leaving pan juices; dissolve honey in the pan juices and simmer sauce until thickened, about 2 minutes. Spoon sauce over chicken breasts to serve.

BLOOD ORANGE CURD

Steps:

• Zest 2 blood oranges and set aside. Juice enough blood oranges to make 3/4 cup juice after straining out pulp and seeds.
• Whisk blood orange juice, sugar, eggs, and salt together in a medium-sized pot. Warm slowly over low heat. Add butter and reserved zest. Cook, stirring constantly, until curd has thickened, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Pour curd into a bowl and cool on the counter for 15 minutes. Place a sheet of plastic wrap directly on top of curd and refrigerate until ready to use.

BLOOD ORANGE MIMOSA

Steps:

• Dip the rims of 4 champagne flutes in water. Dip into sanding sugar to coat the rims.
• Divide Champagne among the flutes. Pour 2 tablespoons pineapple juice and 2 tablespoons blood orange juice into each. Top mimosas with orange liqueur.

BOODLE'S ORANGE FOOL

Steps:

• Use the sponge slices to line the bottom and halfway up the sides of a deep serving dish or bowl.
• Mix the orange and lemon zests and juices with the sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• In another bowl, whip the cream until it just starts to thicken, then slowly add the sweetened fruit juice, whipping the cream as you do so.
• Whip until the cream is light and thickened and all the juice absorbed.
• Pour the mixture over the sponge and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, longer if possible, so that the juice can soak into the sponge and the cream thicken Serve decorated with segments or slices of fresh orange.

BLOOD ORANGE SHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Combine the sugar with 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan. Heat together, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, then turn off the heat and let cool completely.
• Slice half of the blood orange into wheels. Reserve 2 wheels for garnish. Muddle the remaining orange wheels with 1 sprig mint and 1/2 ounce simple syrup in a glass shaker (save the remainder for another use). Juice the remaining half of the orange, adding the juice to the shaker. Add the sherry and shake. Strain into a highball glass filled to the top with ice. Garnish with the remaining mint and the wheels of blood orange.

BLOOD ORANGE FOOL

Steps:

• In a small saucepan combine blood orange juice and peel, sugar and water. Bring to a boil and reduce to approximately 1 cup. Allow to cool, cover and refrigerate syrup overnight. Strain out peel and pulp of orange. Whip cream to stiff peaks with 1/4 cup syrup. Spoon into blood orange halves. Sprinkle tops with almonds.

BLOOD ORANGE SORBETTO

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium-high heat, bring water and sugar to a simmer and simmer for 2 minutes to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and cool. Stir in the juice and taste for sweetness. Make the sorbetto according to the manufacturer's instructions for your ice cream maker. Or pour the mixture into a shallow dish and place it into the freezer for 1 hour. Break up the ice particles with a fork every hour until a smooth, frozen consistency is achieved.;

BLOOD ORANGE TRIFLES

Steps:

• Cut off the ends of the blood oranges. Slice off the peel and white pith with a paring knife. Cut between the membranes toward the center to release the segments. Squeeze the membranes over a bowl to extract the juice; strain out the seeds.
• Combine all but 1 tablespoon of the blood orange juice, 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon liqueur and 1/4 cup water in small saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook until syrupy, 2 to 3 minutes. Let cool.
• Bring 2 inches water to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk the egg yolks, lemon juice, the reserved 1 tablespoon blood orange juice and the remaining 1/3 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons liqueur in a heatproof bowl that fits in the pan without touching the water. Whisk constantly, scraping the bowl, until the custard is thick, 10 to 12 minutes (remove from the heat if it starts to curdle). Remove the bowl from the pan and whisk until cooled. Beat the cream in a separate bowl with a mixer until stiff, then fold into the custard.
• To assemble, dip 2 ladyfinger halves in the orange juice syrup; layer in each glass. Top with some custard and oranges. Make 2 more layers of ladyfingers, custard and oranges; cover with plastic wrap and chill 2 hours. Crush the remaining 2 ladyfingers and sprinkle on top along with the pistachios.

BLOOD ORANGE GARIBALDI

Steps:

• Add ice to a rocks glass. Add the Campari and blood orange juice to a measuring cup with a spout and stir to combine. Pour over the ice.