All posts tagged: oranges

orange cake

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Cakes + Cookies

A beautiful way to enjoy the first Tarocco oranges of the season! orange cake 4 organically grown oranges a generous dollop of butter to coat the baking pan withsugar to dust the bottom of the baking pan 3 eggs100g sugar1 pinch of salt125g flour2 teaspoons baking powder50g finely chopped almonds50g sour creme or Quark 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or Cointreau100g melted butter Wash the oranges and slice them thinly. Butter the baking pan and sprinkle […]

tarocco oranges with beetroot, red onions and cilantro

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Salads

At the foot of the Etna grow the best oranges in the world, Tarocco, Moro and Navel. The Tarocco is a half-blood orange, juicy and delicate, with a balanced sugar/acid ratio and a very aromatic flesh. It’s called half-blood because the fruit flesh isn’t as red as the other blood oranges. The colour is influenced by the temperature fluctuations in the night, because all blood oranges need night frost to develop their beautiful red colour. […]