Sicilian Orange and Fennel Salad

📍 Origin: Palermo – Sicily  ·  🌱 Vegan · 🌾 Gluten-free  ·  ⚠️ Allergens: none of the main allergens

This delicious vegetarian dish is typical of Sicilian cuisine: fennel and orange salad. It brings local, genuine ingredients to your table.

Fennel and orange may seem unusual, but they create a tasty pairing that will impress your guests. This dish is unique because it relies on contrasts. The dish combines sour and sweet flavours with soft and crunchy textures, making it a perfectly balanced meal.

Sicilian orange salad is a typical dish from Palermo, handed down from family to family and from generation to generation.

This fresh, intensely flavoured dish easily accompanies meat and fish main courses. It is often found on Sicilian tables at lunchtime as a simple accompaniment to the day’s preparation.

Orange, fennel and olives give this salad plenty of vitamins (especially vitamin C). It is light and easy to digest, so the whole family can enjoy it.

Curious fact. Orange combines well with the taste of black olives and the delicacy of fennel, creating a lovely contrast that refreshes the mouth and prepares it for the next dish. The origin of orange salad is intertwined with the history of Arab domination on the island. The Arabs introduced it into the local cuisine.

Allergens & Dietary Needs

We can provide alternatives to this dish if we are notified of any dietary requirements.

If you love Sicilian flavours, you might like to have a look at the following dishes: Sicilian Cannoli; Caponata di Melanzane. 

Learn to Make Sicilian Orange and Fennel Salad in Genoa

Add Sicilian Orange and Fennel Salad to your menu: choose it as one of your three recipes and cook it step by step with chef Lucrezia in her home kitchen in Genoa, then sit down to enjoy it with a glass of Italian wine. You will receive the written recipe by email, so you can make it again at home.

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