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Celery and orange salad

A salad of boiled celeriac slices and orange slices with a dressing of oil and lemon juice, garnished with fringed celery stalks. From Erken's Big Cookbook (1949), pp. 469–470.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 469 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The book has several versions of celery and orange salad; the texts are split across a page break, and some ingredients are listed without a stated use.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Prepare celery

    Wash the celeriac, slice it and boil it. Cut the celery stalks into 6 cm pieces and slit one end to fringe them. Put them at once in cold water with lemon slices.

  2. 2

    Mix dressing

    Stir together oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and paprika into a well-mixed dressing.

  3. 3

    Arrange

    Place the orange and celeriac slices on a salad dish and pour the dressing over. Lay the fringed celery stalks in a row down the middle of the dish.

  4. 4

    Note

    The book also lists ginger, sugar and water in addition to 4 oranges and ½ lemon, but does not say how they are used. It may be a sweet sauce or syrup.

Changes from the original

Quantities are kept. The written «Vi — pepper» is read as ¼ tsp. Ginger, sugar and water are included as listed, with no stated use.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I fringe the celery stalks?
Cut them into 6 cm lengths, slit one end and put them in cold water with lemon slices.
What are ginger, sugar and water for?
The book lists them without saying how they are used.

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