Salads with citron

• Preparation time: 10 minutes
• Rest time: An hour
• difficulty: Bassa

How to prepare citron salad

The salads of cedar They are an excellent solution to accompany any second course, whether fish or meat-based.

Here are the three tastiest: with mandarins, with fennel and with tuna. 

Ingredients

• Half a cedar
• 2 mandarins
• A pinch of sugar
• A few fresh mint leaves

Preparation

• After peeling the cedar removing the external yellow part, cut the pulp into cubes or slices.
• Similarly, peel the mandarins and then cut them into slices or cubes. 
• Place everything on the plate, sprinkle the citrus fruits with a little sugar to sweeten the citron.
• Add the leaves of mint and then let it rest in the refrigerator for about an hour.
• This is the alternative that, instead, combines citron with tuna. 

Now let's see the one with tuna:

Ingredients

• A can of tuna in brine
• Half a cedar
• 2 spring onions
• Salt and pepper (to taste)

Preparation

• Peel the citron and then cut it into very thin slices. 
• Wash and then slice the spring onions. 
• Arrange the citron slices on the bottom of the plate and then add the spring onions and tuna. 
• Season with a few tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and, according to your taste, add any aromatic herbs, olives and capers.

And this is the alternative with fennel:

Ingredients

• A cedar
• A fennel
• A red onion
• Green olives

Preparation

• Cut the citron and fennel into cubes or strips
• Slice the onion and then season everything with extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt. 
• You can also add some olives to taste.

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