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Marinated feta cheese

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This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish with Blood Oranges, Feta and Mint

This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Open House Dish
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Kitchen Butterfly's Notes: I love marinated olives and feta cheese and mint and oranges so.....I decided to put them together! This would be great as part of a Mezze, stuffed into pita bread....or in a couscous salad...
I love marinated olives and feta cheese and mint and oranges so.....I decided to put them together! This would be great as part of a Mezze, stuffed into pita bread....or in a couscous salad....or on its own

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Serves 2-4

100g feta cheese, cubed Ask a question about this ingredient

1 Blood orange Ask a question about this ingredient

2 tablespoons olive oil Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon mint, chopped Ask a question about this ingredient

Cayenne pepper, to taste Ask a question about this ingredient

50g olives (ooptional) Ask a question about this ingredient

Zest the blood orange and reserve a tablespoon. Using a knife, cut the white pith away and carefully remove segments, placing over a bowl to catch the juices. Reserve 4 tablespoons of the juice
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In a bowl, combine the orange juice, zest and olive oil. Whisk till slightly thickened and then add the feta cubes, the orange segments and the mint. If using the olives, add them too.
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Sprinkle with some cayenne and let marinade for a few hours - up to a week in the refrigerator.
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1 Comment on Marinated feta cheese

coffeefoodwritergirl added over 2 years ago

This looks very good! And so easy to make. I'm looking forward to trying it. (So many feta cheese/blood orange recipes that I am falling in love with -- I'll be eating feta and blood oranges for the next two months (not a bad thing...!)