This citrus fruit has a complex flavor and gorgeous color. The best blood orange recipes highlight both features!
12 Blood Orange Recipes
Updated on Feb. 07, 2024
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Blood Orange Flamenco Salad
Total Time
25 min
Servings
8 servings
From the Recipe Creator:
I came up with this salad simply by choosing the best-looking vegetables at a local farmers market—the colors are so beautiful! Turn it into a full vegetarian meal by adding roasted garbanzo beans or cooked white beans as protein. —Crystal Schlueter, Northglenn, Colorado
Head to the farmers market for all the ingredients in this spring recipe. Each bite is packed with colorful rainbow carrots, blood oranges, beets, pistachios, watermelon radishes and more. This recipe is easy to tweak—swap out any fruits or vegetables that aren’t in season for a fantastic side dish.
Blood Orange Yogurt Cake
Is this loaf cake breakfast or dessert? We’re going to say both. Packed with Greek yogurt for protein and blood orange juice for vitamins, it even has some benefits for your bod. This recipe, which comes from How Sweet Eats, also has some sugar to satisfy your sweet tooth, in the form of pretty pink icing.
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Blood Orange Honey Glazed Salmon
There are plenty of fish in the sea but none as flavorful as this sweet and savory salmon from Spices in My DNA. The best part? It only requires olive oil, honey, salmon and blood oranges!
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Blood Orange Avocado Salad
Total Time
30 min
Servings
10 servings
From the Recipe Creator:
My refreshing side salad is such a nice addition to our calorie-loaded Thanksgiving dinner. Use regular oranges if you can't find blood oranges. Finely chopped walnuts work well in place of the pomegranate seeds, too. —Nancy Heishman, Las Vegas, Nevada
No #saddesklunch over here! Snazz up your salad with grapefruit, avocado and blood oranges, then top it off with a sprinkle of pomegranate seeds and crumbled feta cheese.
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Upside-Down Blood Orange Cupcakes
Total Time
35 min
Servings
2 dozen
From the Recipe Creator:
When blood oranges are in season, this is one of my favorite ways to use them. I start with a cake mix and bump up the flavor with essential oil. No one knows these cupcakes are not from scratch. —Monica Chadha, Fremont, California
This simple treat uses orange cake mix, orange oil and cranberry sauce for a flavorful burst of citrus. For restaurant-style presentation, serve each blood orange cupcake with a dollop of creme fraiche.
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Blood Oranges with Prosecco Sabayon
Total Time
25 min
Servings
6 servings (3/4 cup sauce)
From the Recipe Creator:
This recipe is special to me because it allows me to treat my dinner guests to a special, unusual dessert. The bright, vivid colors are perfect for the holidays. Omit the Prosecco when serving to children. —Jerry Gulley, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
What’s a sabayon? It’s like fruit salad, but better. The brightly-colored orange slices are served with a creamy Prosecco custard and the result is as sparkling as it is simple. For more citrus inspiration, peek at our best fresh citrus recipes.
Blood Orange Curd
When it comes to curd, blood orange curd is the new lemon curd—according to food blog A Cookie Named Desire. A little bit sweet, a little bit sour, it’s perfect for smearing on a warm slice of toast or a fresh-out-of-the-oven scone.
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Blood Orange Caramel Tarte Tatin
Total Time
40 min
Servings
6 servings.
From the Recipe Creator:
I never had blood oranges until I moved to California. The season is short, so I use them in everything while I can get them. That sweet orange flavor with some brown sugar is a perfect combination. Whenever I have something to go to, my friends demand that I bring this dessert. —Pamela Butkowski, Hermosa Beach, California
This blood orange dessert tastes as good as it looks—and it’s a stunner! Just arrange blood orange slices in homemade caramel and top with puff pastry for a treat. For truly rave reviews, serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Blood Orange Rosemary Old Fashioned
The classic Old Fashioned cocktail gets a trendy twist with a blood orange wedge and sprigs of fragrant fresh rosemary, from Glisten and Grace.
To cement your status as hostess with the mostess, add one of these mixed drinks to your home bartender repertoire.
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Blood Orange Cheesecake Squares
Adding slices of fresh blood oranges to these cheesecake bites from Cooking LSL totally makes them healthy…right? Regardless, they’re well worth the indulgence and every bit as creamy as they look.
If you’re a beginner baker, follow these tips to make the best cheesecake.
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Sweet and Sour Blood Orange Chicken
Step away from the takeout menu. This homemade sweet and sour chicken (starring juicy oranges, of course) is just as good as your go-to Chinese order, promise. Check it out from blogger Heather Christo.
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