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Mandarin, Mint & Pistachio Ricotta

Recipe / Gold Nugget

You can actually serve up this dish in less than five minutes

using fresh ricotta, but for a lazy weekend breakfast with a

lovely warm ricotta smell wafting through the house, dress the

ricotta, bake and serve warm with your mandarins. This dish

offers a nice mix of savoury and sweet.

Serves: 6

2 tsp chilli powder

4 tsp fresh thyme

Salt & pepper

1 × 1kg tub ricotta

2 Gold Nugget mandarins,

segmented

4 tbsp chopped pistachios

Bunch mint

Preheat oven to 150°C.

Mix chilli, thyme, salt and

black pepper.

Place ricotta on greased

baking tray and sprinkle with

chilli mix.

Bake for 1 hour until golden.

Mix in mandarins segments

and pistachios.

Dress ricotta with mixture

10 mins before serving and

serve with sprigs of mint.

Mandarin Duck Salad

Recipe / Gold Nugget

Duck is such a good protein, but is often served with

heavy Asian sweet sauces. This recipe draws its

sweetness from natural mandarins.

Serves: 4

200g sugar snap peas

2 duck breasts

2 Gold Nugget mandarins

1 red lettuce, leaves

½ punnet blueberries

½ cup slivered almonds

Dressing

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

2 tbsp Gold Nugget

mandarin juice

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Steam or microwave peas

until just tender and drain.

Rinse under cold water, drain

again then set aside.

Score fatty side of duck

breast. Cook fat-side down

in ovenproof frying pan for 4

mins, then turn and cook for

further 2 mins. Transfer to

oven and bake for 6 mins.

Slice breast with serrated

knife. Place in large bowl with

peas, mandarin, lettuce leaves,

blueberries and almonds.

Combine dressing

ingredients in jar and shake

until combined.

Pour dressing over salad

and toss gently. Serve.

Sp inach & Endive Salad with Mandarins

& Coriander-Crusted Scallops

Recipe / Gold Nugget

Hearty, healthy, flavoursome salads are the saviour of many a good

dietary intent. This healthy salad combines tangy, sweet, fresh mandarin

with coriander to complement the mellow sweetness of scallops.

Serves: 4

Mandarin Vinaigrette

3 tbsp Gold Nugget mandarin juice

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Lemon zest, to taste

4 tsp white-wine vinegar

1 tbsp shallots, minced or very

thinly sliced

Chopped fresh herbs

1 tsp Dijon mustard

Pinch salt & pepper

Salad

5 cups torn endive leaves

5 cups baby spinach

2 Gold Nugget mandarins,

segmented

2 tsp coriander seeds

Good pinch salt & pepper

500g scallops, patted dry

1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

To make vinaigrette, release

juice from mandarin by rolling it

under palm of hand, then peel and

squeeze. Whisk all ingredients in

medium-sized bowl and set aside.

Combine salad leaves and

mandarin segments.

Pound coriander seeds in mortar

and pestle with salt and pepper, and

sprinkle over scallops.

Heat extra-virgin olive oil in large

frying pan over medium heat. Add

scallops and cook until they form

golden crust and are just opaque

(2 mins each side).

Serve scallops on salad.

Add vinaigrette and toss.

Enjoy immediately.

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Sp inach & Endive Salad with Mandarins

& Coriander-Crusted Scallops

Mandarin Duck Salad

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Mandarin,Mint&PistachioRicotta

Recipe/ GoldNugget

Youcanactuallyserveupthisdishinlessthanfiveminutes

usingfreshricotta,butfora lazyweekendbreakfastwitha

lovelywarmricottasmellwaftingthroughthehouse,dressthe

ricotta,bakeandservewarmwithyourmandarins.Thisdish

offersa nicemixofsavouryandsweet.

Serves: 6

2 tspchillipowder
4 tspfreshthyme
Salt& pepper
1 × 1kgtubricotta

2 GoldNuggetmandarins,

segmented

4 tbspchoppedpistachios

Bunchmint

Preheatovento150°C.
Mixchilli,thyme,saltand
blackpepper.
Placericottaongreased
bakingtrayandsprinklewith
chillimix.

Bakefor1 houruntilgolden.

Mixinmandarinssegments

andpistachios.

Dressricottawithmixture

10 minsbeforeservingand

servewithsprigsofmint.

MandarinDuckSalad

Recipe/ GoldNugget

Duckis sucha goodprotein,butis oftenservedwith

heavyAsiansweetsauces.Thisrecipedrawsits

sweetnessfromnaturalmandarins.

Serves: 4

200g sugar snap peas
2 duck breasts
2 Gold Nugget mandarins
1 red lettuce, leaves
½ punnet blueberries
½ cup slivered almonds

Dressing

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

2 tbsp Gold Nugget

mandarin juice

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Steam or microwave peas
until just tender and drain.
Rinse under cold water, drain
again then set aside.
Score fatty side of duck
breast. Cook fat-side down
in ovenproof frying pan for 4
mins, then turn and cook for
further 2 mins. Transfer to

oven and bake for 6 mins.

Slice breast with serrated

knife. Place in large bowl with

peas, mandarin, lettuce leaves,

blueberries and almonds.

Combine dressing

ingredients in jar and shake

until combined.

Pour dressing over salad

and toss gently. Serve.

Sp inach&EndiveSaladwithMandarins

& Coriander-CrustedScallops

Recipe/ GoldNugget

Hearty, healthy, flavoursomesaladsarethesaviourofmanya good

dietary intent. This healthysaladcombinestangy,sweet,freshmandarin

with coriander to complementthemellowsweetnessofscallops.

Serves: 4

Mandarin Vinaigrette

3 tbsp Gold Nugget mandarinjuice

2 tbsp extra-virgin oliveoil

Lemon zest, to taste

4 tsp white-wine vinegar

1 tbsp shallots, mincedorvery

thinly sliced

Chopped fresh herbs

1 tsp Dijon mustard

Pinch salt & pepper

Salad

5 cupstornendiveleaves

5 cupsbabyspinach

2 GoldNuggetmandarins,

segmented

2 tspcorianderseeds

Goodpinchsalt& pepper

500gscallops,patteddry

1 tbspextra-virginoliveoil

To make vinaigrette, release

juice from mandarin byrollingit

under palm of hand, thenpeeland

squeeze. Whisk all ingredientsin

medium-sized bowl andsetaside.

Combine salad leavesand

mandarin segments.

Pound coriander seedsinmortar

and pestle with salt andpepper,and

sprinkleoverscallops.

Heatextra-virginoliveoilinlarge

fryingpanovermediumheat.Add

scallopsandcookuntiltheyform

goldencrustandarejustopaque

(2minseachside).

Servescallopsonsalad.

Addvinaigretteandtoss.

Enjoyimmediately.

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Sp inach & Endive Salad with Mandarins

& Coriander-Crusted Scallops

Mandarin Duck Salad

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