Helen RandellWarm Kangaroo Salad with blood orange oil dressing
May 5th 2011 10:57
While on our gourmet camping adventure we came across some blood orange infused olive oil. Set up quite un-pretentiously inside one of the wineries we visited, they had on offer their standard oil, as well as lime infused oil and then this special blood orange number.
Fans of this blog will know that I am quite partial to a good blood orange (see here and here), so I did feel the need to give it a try. Dipping my cube of semi-stale bread into the golden orange liquid the citrus flavourings were immediately present. Thoughts of citrusy chicken breast, or a swirl of it through some couscous quickly came to mind.
Then, I thought of this recipe, with its sharp-tasting orange segments and warm lamb, and I thought, these are the flavours I want. Mixing it up a bit with one of our national emblems, I adapted the recipe to become a warm kangaroo salad with blood orange olive oil dressing.
Warm Kangaroo Salad with Blood Orange oil dressing - serves 2
400g kangaroo steak
1 tablespoon blood orange olive oil plus 1 tablespoon extra
2 cups lettuce mix
1 lebanese cucumber, diced
2 large roma tomatoes, diced
small amount thinly sliced red onion
six sweet basil leaves, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar.
Rub kangaroo fillets with 1 tablespoon of oil and season with a little salt. Cook on a hot grill pan to your liking, remembering that kangaroo is at it’s best when pink in the middle.
In a large bowl toss together lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, onion and basil leaves. Add the extra oil and balsamic. Once your kangaroo is cooked, let the meat rest for a few minutes before slicing into strips. Toss with into the salad and serve warm.
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Comment by Jason King
Sydney Table
Salty Popcorn
Total Randomness
I see you started getting spammed - I had to up all my site commenting security after over 60 spam comments - was sooooooo annoying.
Kick ass recipe Helen.
Comment by Helen Randell
Rough Cooking
Nice story! I've actually seen a lot more kangaroos around our place lately as well... and also a deer the other day! Very odd!
Let me know how you go with the recipe.