Blood oranges are the most tropical of all the oranges and make an exciting and unequaled fruit basket gift . They acquire their name from the almost precious stone like ruby red or brownish-red color of their flesh. They have an equal amount of eye appeal as the delightful lush juice has for taste. They are in short, the best orange available during their season.
The blood orange makes a big entrance when it is delivered as a fruit basket . The outside is a bright orange made even brighter if it was on the tree when the nights becomeed to cool down. Slice one open and the unbelievably rich aroma will tease you and start you salivating. When you bite into one of these, just give into it, you’re going to be addicted . Blood oranges have a deeply rich orange flavor and the only insidious part of this orange is a hint of raspberry flavor .
Because they are so rich in flavor, and their appearance is so dramatic, they are well known for dressing up both salads and meats. Sliced pieces tossed with leafy vegetable or rounding a serving plate of pork tenderloin add a distinctive look as well as flavor .
If you have a ally who is into sauces, the blood orange will be a real treat for them. Probably the simplest and easiest meat sauce imaginable is microwaving a couple of tablespoons of orange marmalade and then tumbling in sliced wedges of the blood orange. Dramatic and tasty . It makes great chutney, and if you want a real change, it makes a wild salsa as well .
And of course there is the juice. If you want to add a real zing to your day-to-day OJ, mix in the juice of a blood orange and add ice. Fair warning although, you’re likely to go through withdrawal symptoms once you run out of these amazing midsized citrus fruit.
Exotic food isn’t the blood orange’s only specialty. The dark red color of the interior is caused by an abundance of a pigment named anthocyanin which is an exceedingly mighty antioxidant. Antioxidants ensure free radicals which are responsible for the formation of abnormal cells found in cancer. The anthocyanin coupled with the vitamin C and beta-carotene found in the fruit provides first-class prevention of cancerous cells.
Arrangements of fruit baskets are unique in themselves but a gift of blood oranges makes it even more so. Do a friend a favor, or better yet, do yourself a favor and get a fruit basket full of blood oranges today.
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