my favourite citrus recipes for winter

Cape Town is still tightly wrapped up in the icy claws of a very brutal winter, which has left me for the first time in years looking forward to warmer months. Citrus fruit is still very much in season and I have been pondering a few recipes to use up this vibrant and juicy fruit. Clementines are my favourite and I eat them most days, and my kitchen is never without lemons which I spritz over just about everything. I have my own navel orange tree, which is dripping with ripe fruit at the moment so I’m figuring out my next move with these. Having been at this blogging business for nearly a decade, I realize I have a number of recipes in my archives that are perfect to use up this seasonal abundance, so here are a few of my favourite recipes using citrus fruit:

Orange & Campari cake

From one of my all-time favourite cookbooks ‘Polpo’ by Russell Norman, this orange & Campari cake uses a combination of almond and semolina flour to make a dense cake that gets soaked in a sublime syrup. The Campari adds a hint of bitterness to this delicious winter treat. 

Roast chicken with orange and ginger

This roast chicken is as delicious as it sounds,  with loads of pan jus. This is the way I like to roast my chicken. Caremelised roasted orange wedges add amazing flavour and more juiciness to this bird. 

Mussels steamed in orange and fennel

This delicious recipe which is a refreshing take on a bowl of steamed mussels is utterly delicious with gremolata to finish it off. 

Baked Yoghurt with spicy brandied oranges

I love this Indian-inspired baked yoghurt dish which has a similar texture to cheesecake. 

Clementine upside-down cakes

These cakes are an absolute hit on Drizzleanddip and the best way to use up clementines if you are not just snacking on them straight up. 

Orange cake with orange buttercream

This is one of my favourite cakes and from my second cookbook Sweet. I adore a sponge cake and buttercream with orange.

Orange, fennel & avocado salad

This winter salad is bright and delicious using 3 of my favourite ingredients in one dish.

Lemon marmalade & polenta cake

This is my favourite gluten free-cake recipe and is utterly sublime. It uses up a few lemons too.

Oven-roasted sweet potato fries with orange salt

The orange flavoured salt really brings these oven-roasted sweet potatoes to life.

My easy whiskey marmalade

I employed a time saving technique to make this marmalade so much easier and a splash of whisky makes it all grown up. 

Lemon & thyme mini bundt cakes

One of my all-time favourite mini bundt cake recipes.

Nigellas clementine cake

Nigellas famous clementine cake is finished off with a dollop of my homemade clementine curd folded through the cream.

Lemon cheesecake with a nutty crumble

This is my favourite no-bake cheesecake recipe and the nutty crumble is so delicious

Lemony chicken piccata

This easy weeknight supper dish has so much zing in it.

Lemon pistachio cupcakes with a honey meringue frosting

This is another recipe form my second cookbook that takes the cupcake to a more grown-up level. 

Also:

Kumquat marmalade with star anise

Lemon meringue cheesecake

 

 

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