Fall Orange Endive Salad

Celebrate the fall season with this delicious Orange Endive Salad, featuring navel oranges, endives, onions, toasted almonds, and fresh herbs. This delightful citrus salad is both savory and sweet, making it a refreshing palate cleanser. It’s one of our favorite salads this time of year!

Orange Endive Salad… and Better!

Our fall orange endive salad is a simple recipe and one we enjoy immensely. Oranges are now found all year long, and we love them in practically everything, from salads to smoothies, shortbreads, crumb bars, and more. And, this orange endive salad is delicious!

Like most salads, the quality of each ingredient is the key to its delicious textures and complex flavors.

We love navel oranges, so it was easy when we decided to make this salad. They are juicy and seedless. Plus, the combination of fresh endives, some almonds, fresh herbs, and red onion make this salad taste delicious. The combination of these ingredients creates refreshing and winning flavors. Everyone will enjoy this salad.

Ingredients You Will Need and Substitutions

With a little luck, some of the ingredients for this recipe are in your kitchen, or pantry already. Feel free to make substitutions or omit if you like.

• Oranges – It’s best to use juicy, seedless Navel oranges. You can use other oranges, but be sure to remove seeds from slices. Then layer them on the bottom of your platter and scatter with the rest of the ingredients on top.

• Endive – Fresh endives come in white and red and are in the produce section. You can use 1 to 3 bulbs of either color. And, if you prefer, you can add in additional greens, like watercress.

• Nuts – In this salad, we tossed a handful of sliced toasted almonds, but you can try it with walnuts, and pecans. If you are allergic to nuts, try it with pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, and other seeds because they have a similar crunch and protein content. 

• Red Onion – Thinly sliced red onion offers a sharp, spicy flavor that complements the juicy, sweet oranges. Don’t have any? Use scallions (long thin green onions) instead.

• Fresh Herbs – Use fresh mint leaves and Italian parsley. They offer a fresh flavor to this salad.

• Olive Oil—Choose a good-quality olive oil. For optimal flavor, we prefer to use First Cold Pressed Extra-Virgin Olive Oil imported from Italy.

• Vinegar – Choose a very light vinegar, like Champagne vinegar. If you can’t find it, choose cider vinegar instead. Also, a very light vinegar, such as French Champagne vinegar or O Citrus Champagne vinegar, makes this dressing amazingly flavorful, exceeding your expectations.

• Honey – A small amount of honey in the dressing will help balance the acidity. Any honey you have on hand will suffice.

• Seasonings – A pinch of sea salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper will make the flavors pop.

How To Make Orange Endive Salad?

Here are the simple steps to making our Fall Orange Endive Salad. Plus, our recipe card is located at the bottom of this post.

1. Use a sharp knife to peel the oranges and remove the bitter white pith, following the curve of the fruit.
2. Cut each orange crosswise into thin round slices. Scatter them onto a long serving platter.
3. Toss on top with sliced endives, red onions, mint and parsley leaves, and toasted almonds.
4. Cover with clear wrap, and transfer the orange endive salad to your fridge, to keep it chilled.
5. Make the vinaigrette in a small mason jar or a cup. Stir olive oil, vinegar, honey, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper. Keep it chilled until you are ready to pour it over the salad.
6. When ready to serve, remove the platter from the fridge. Shake or stir the dressing. Then pour the dressing over the salad. Gently toss and taste it. Here you can drizzle additional olive oil if you need to. Then serve.

What to Serve It With

This salad is perfect to serve with meats, poultry, and seafood dishes. And, it’s the ideal side for vegans and vegetarians. Here are a few suggestions to serve it with are:

• Baked Halibut & Sea Bass Oreganata
• Roasted Eggplant Meatballs (Vegetarian)
• New York Strip Steak Grilled (& Sliced)
• Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast

A Delicious Side

This Fall Orange Endive Salad is truly juicy, refreshing, and delicious tasting with every bite. It is a winning recipe for you to make this fall and winter months. This recipe was given to me by my close friend Christine, who is an amazing cook. Thank you, Christine, for sharing!

Try this recipe – it won’t disappoint! …Enjoy!

More Seasonal Salad Recipes

• Endive Pear Walnut Salad
• Blood Orange Fennel Salad
• Maria’s Best Carrot Salad
• Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad

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Thanks for stopping by…

xo anna and liz