Spicy Honey Citrus Salad Recipe is a beautiful display of winter citrus — each type with a subtly different flavor and color. It’s a show-stopping first course!
Okay, so maybe it’s more a stack of citrus, than it is a salad.
Whatever you want to call it, it’s beautiful and bursting with the fresh sweet, tangy flavors of seasonal winter citrus.
Inspiration for Spicy Honey Citrus Salad
I always look forward to winter citrus, and take full advantage of it.
I’m constantly inspired by the beauty of so many citrus varieties.
In this beautiful presentation, I love the way the tangy flavors balance out with the sweet honey and spicy jalapeño.
When to Serve Spicy Honey Citrus Salad
Whether you serve this as a stunning first course at dinner, as a light lunch, or perhaps even as a refreshing dessert, this pretty pile of sliced citrus, doused in sweet honey and spicy jalapeño is truly a treat to remember.
It could even be a lovely, unexpected dessert!
Citrus season is winter, and each of these different varieties has a slightly different flavor from the other, and they blend beautifully together.
Can you use any citrus?
Absolutely.
Love oranges? Use them. Make the entire stack with them.Love grapefruit? Same rules apply. So really, use whatever you like, and any combination thereof.
I hope you share this Spicy Honey Citrus Salad Recipe with friends and family and of course, Enjoy every juicy bite!
More beautiful citrus recipes:
- Citrus Carpaccio with Yuzu Dressing
- Grapefruit Brûlée Recipe
- Candied Citrus Peels Recipe
- Citrus Carrot Salad Recipe
- Citrus Caprese Kebabs with Mint
- Spiced Orange Salad
Spicy Honey Citrus Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon jalapeño pulp (see recipe instruction no. 1)
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon lime juice
- about 1 orange
- about 1 Blood orange
- about 1/2 grapefruit
- lime and lemon zest for garnish
Instructions
- Use a Microplane grater/zester to grate the jalapeño pepper into pulp. If you don't have one, use a knife to finely chop the pepper until you have a purée.
- In a small bowl, combine the jalapeño, honey, lemon and lime juice. Mix until everything is well incorporated. Set aside.
- Now peel and then cut all of the citrus into approximately 1/4 inch slices -- just like this.
- Arrange a stack of citrus on two serving plates -- in any order you'd like, with about 1 teaspoon of the honey-jalapeño dressing between each slice.
- Garnish with lemon and lime zest and serve chilled or at room temperature.
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Coco says
Looks almost too pretty to eat…..only almost. 😉
valentina says
thank you, Colette! xo
Ash-foodfashionparty says
That is a gorgeous salad, so pretty. The jalapeno with the citrus, lovely.
sippitysup says
It’s almost too pretty to eat. GREG
Candiss says
I love the idea of a spicy citrus salad! Sounds like such a perfect combo!
valentina says
It is. 🙂 Thanks so much!
Sara says
This salad is almost too pretty to eat! The perfect way to showcase winter fruit!
valentina says
I love winter fruits almost as much as summer fruits. 🙂 Thank you.
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry says
This is so colourful and so pretty – and makes my mouth water! What a tasty sounding dish!
valentina says
Thank you!
Claudia Lamascolo says
Very pretty and really looks like the perfect salad living in the Sunshine state here. We have trees so I am all set!
valentina says
You’re so fortunate to have citrus trees. I have one Meyer lemon tree and I love it! Thanks for the visit. 🙂
Emmeline says
Yesss this is everything I want right now! Citrus and spice – my two favorites.
valentina says
Thanks! Hope you might try it. 🙂