Blood Orange Salad with Red Onions & Black Pepper

Their magnificent colour reinforces the rawness of blood oranges, especially when they are served as here, simply sliced. Combined with red onion, they make a lively tasting starter or a gorgeous accompaniment to grilled fish or chicken. If you scrub them well, slice them very finely and leave them to macerate in their own juice overnight you can even get away with not peeling them. It is worth using that excellent bottle of extra virgin olive oil you have been saving up for something speci