John Dory with a Salad of Oranges and Fresh Basil

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4/8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Feast of Fish 2

By Ian McAndrew

Published 1999

  • About

This is a fantastic dish for those warm summer days, suitable as a very light and attractive first course or main course.

Ingredients

  • 2 oranges
  • juice of 1 orange
  • 15 ml/

Method

Peel and segment the oranges, squeeze out the core and add the resulting juice to the rest of the juice. Put the orange juice in a saucepan and reduce it by half. Allow to go cold then mix with the vinegar and 30ml/1fl oz of the olive oil.

Wash the endive well and break up the leaves. Add the orange segments and, reserving 4 basil leaves as garnish, tear the rest into the salad. Lightly