Fennel and orange salad

I prepared this fennel and orange salad just by curiosity, I admit. For many years I did not eat fennel. Then, a couple of years ago, I discovered gratinated fennel and love it, as long as well done and very well colored.

The idea of matching fennel and orange pleased me as I do love the shrimp and orange salad. And it please me. Consodering I never eat fennel, I have repeated my portion.

This fennel and orange salad is a wonderful idea for a dinner or even holiday dinner. It is beautiful to see and can (and should) be prepared in advance.

Ingredients:

• 2 medium fennels
• 1 orange
• black olives (pitted)
• salt
• extra virgin olive oil

Instructions:

1. Wash and clean fennels.
2. Slice them thinly using a mandoline.
3. Peel orange this way  and put it together with sliced fennel into a capacious bowl.  Add pitted olives.
4. Dress with salt and extra virgin olive oil.
5. Salate e condite a piacere.
6. Put it on a serving plate and serve.
7. Buon appetito!