Carrot and Apple Salad with Orange Sauce

A light, refreshing, and surprisingly tasty salad of carrots and apples with a delicate orange sauce will always come in handy – both on weekdays and on holidays. Such a lean carrot-apple salad turns out to be completely neutral in taste, so you can safely experiment with seasonings, making it sweet or salty. Great breakfast or snack!

Summary

Ingredients

• Apples – 200 g (2-3 pcs.)
• Carrots – 200 g (2 pcs.)
• Lemon (for juice) – 0.25 pc. (1 teaspoon)

For the orange sauce:

• Orange – 1 pc.
• Honey – 1 tbsp
• Vegetable oil – 1 teaspoon

For the filling (optional):

• Grapefruit / orange – 2-3 slices
• Mint – 2 leaves

Instructions

1. Wash the orange thoroughly in hot water and dry. Pressing lightly, roll the orange on the table to make it easier to squeeze the juice out of it. Using a fine grater, remove the zest from the orange, being careful not to touch the white part. I got about 2 teaspoons of zest. Then we cut the orange and squeeze the juice out of it. I got about 100 ml of juice.

   

2. Cooking orange sauce for salad. In a bowl, combine orange juice, zest, honey, and vegetable oil. Mix thoroughly. Peel the carrots, wash and grate on a coarse grater or a grater for Korean carrots.
3. We wash the apples, peel, and remove the seed pods. Rub the pulp of apples on a coarse grater or a grater for Korean carrots. We squeeze the juice out of the lemon and sprinkle the grated apples with it so that they do not darken.
4. Combine grated apples and carrots in a separate deep bowl. We mix. Add orange sauce and stir again. Leave the salad to brew for about 10 minutes if desired.

   

5. Carrot and apple salad with orange sauce is ready. We serve it to the table, garnished with mint leaves as desired and supplemented with orange or grapefruit slices.

Bon Appetit!