I recently picked up some blood oranges at the farmers market. They were getting almost to the point of sad looking because I haven't had much time to cook lately, but I knew I wanted to do something delicious with them. I recently tried my hand at making my own cheese in the form of mascarpone. It's my new favorite thing and I am slightly obsessed with it. Although I had a bit of ricotta in my fridge, I decided to pair the oranges with the rich mascarpone and a some pistachios for color and crunch. The result was a sweet, but not too rich dessert that I could not get enough of. Seriously. I love that blood oranges are tart and sweet, but not too much of either and the sweet, creamy mascarpone paired well with the tartness. The pistachios added great crunch and the honey tied everything together. I dare you to stop at one bite with this simple, yet stunning dessert.
Blood Oranges with Mascarpone, Honey, and Pistachios
(Inspired by Fig and Cherry)
Makes 2 servings
1-2 small blood oranges, peeled and sliced into rounds
2-3 tablespoons mascarpone cheese
Honey to taste, plus extra for drizzling
1 tablepoon unsalted, roasted pistachios, roughly chopped
In a small bowl, mix together the mascarpone with enough honey to reach the desired sweetness. Arrange the blood orange rounds on a plate. Top with the mascarpone and sprinkle with pistachios. Drizzle the entire plate with honey and serve immediately.
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22 comments:
Ow! I was actually thinking this would make a nice breakfast! Love mascarpone! Yum!
Almost too pretty to eat!
It looks very pretty! I like how you combined different textures, colors and flavors!
oh we just had some blood oranges the other day! It was my first time and I loved it. This looks fantastic! Next time we get blood oranges, I will have to make this.
Simple but incredibly gorgeous. I just love the color of those blood oranges and mascarpone makes life better, in my opinion.
Blood oranges are amazingly good with the sweet and sour thing going and the color is a bonus. Beautiful salad and I can only imagine how good it tastes!
I can't wait for your post about how to make mascarpone! Looks like good stuff.
Which of course means I can't eat it.
What a gorgeous presentation and a gorgeous photograph!
Beautiful, simple and delicious! This is the reason I love southern California cuisine! I need to get started on cheese making at home too!
Yum!! I need to pick me up some blood oranges, too. Simple and delicious!!
isn't that just so pretty. love the textures happeninh here.
I love your adaptation of my recipe! Plus, I'm very inspired to make my own mascarpone as it's quite expensive to buy at the deli :)
Beautiful and so simple.
Wow...this looks amazing. So glad I found your blog...beautiful photos!
So pretty. I love blood oranges too, especially for their tartness. Great pairing.
Thanks for visiting Esi! It's so nice to be back in the food blogging world. :)
It is so funny that I see all these people all of a sudden use their home made mascarpone in recipes... I just happen to know where it comes from...lol It does look amazing and totally delicious!
This is so gorgeous. I love the simplicity of it. Simple is always best. :)
simple, yet elegant! i just picked up some blood oranges, but they weren't my favorite (too bitter). This might be a nice way to tame them!
What a gorgeous and sophisticated dessert! The mascarpone with the oranges sounds so refreshing.
How gorgeous! It's not often that you see such red blood oranges. And I am totally impressed that you are making your own mascarpone.
What a simple but beautiful dish! I love color of the blood oranges with the pistachios. And of course a little honey drizzled on top never hurt ;)
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