Arugula and orange salad, a fresh and tasty salad with a sweet and slightly peppery flavor. With the addition of Grana Padano cheese and olives it becomes a great light main course. The recipe is inspired by the classic orange salad, originating from Spain and Sicily. It is a recipe that has now travelled the world and is offered with various additions such as, in this case, arugula and Grana cheese.

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Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Low cost
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 2 people
Cooking methods: No cooking
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Fall, Winter

Ingredients

4 cups arugula (about 80 g)
2 oz Grana Padano PDO (shaved)
2 Washington Navel oranges, fresh
24 black olives in brine
2 tbsp olive oil
to taste fine salt
to taste mixed whole peppercorns

Tools

2 Oval serving plates
1 Cutting board
1 Vegetable peeler
1 Strainer

Preparation: Arugula and Orange Salad

Supreme the oranges (remove the peel and pith) and then slice them into rounds no thicker than 3/16 inch (about 0.2 in).
Once the slices are cut, take the plates you’ll use to serve the salad and make a bed of arugula on which you will place the orange slices.
Use the peeler to shave thin slices of Grana Padano cheese.
Lay the shaved Grana on the salad and add the black olives in brine that you have drained well in a strainer.
Now all that’s left is to dress the salad with olive oil, a pinch of salt and a grating of fresh pepper to taste.
And voilà… your arugula and orange salad is ready to serve.