This crunchy, light fennel and orange salad features thinly shaved fennel, fragrant chunks of orange and a refreshing mix of both lemon and orange juice that complements the aromatic fennel.It makes a great side dish for light and hearty dishes alike! A Recipe for Citrus Season When summer berries, stone fruit, and watermelon recede to the background, citrus comes along to brighten up the fall and winter.This fennel and orange salad recipe has been in the works over the past couple Christmases in our family.

We’ve tweaked and improved year over year, and we’re finally ready to share it!  It’s the perfect side dish for a rich prime rib or pot roast, a sticky roast chicken, any kind of seafood, or a pasta course.  We’ve paired this fennel salad with all of it, enjoying it on Christmas Eve for our annual feast of the seven fishes, and serving the leftovers on Christmas Day with prime rib.(Lucky for us, our cousins are half Italian, and it’s become everyone’s favorite Christmas tradition!)  Let It Chill!  It might sound funny to serve a leftover anywhere near Christmas Day, but this salad gets better as it sits in the fridge.It helps all the flavors meld and brings out the crunch of the shaved fennel and refreshing tang of the citrus.  It’s why we call for chilling it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes or up to a few hours before serving.

If preparing it the night before, wait to add the parsley, onion, and fennel fronds until r

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