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Citrus Australia: Peak body of Australian citrus farmers

Once reserved for royalty and the bourgeoisie, blood oranges remain a coveted gourmet ingredient, with the exotic looking citrus fruit expected to be an essential ingredient in Australian kitchens and restaurants this winter.

 

Australian grown blood oranges for salads, desserts, fruit drinks, cocktails
 

CEO of Citrus Australia, Judith Damiani, said with their striking crimson flesh, unique berry flavour and nutritional value, blood oranges were the ideal fruit to transform an ordinary dish into a gourmet masterpiece.

 

“As well as an unusual appearance, blood oranges have a raspberry like flavour in addition to the usual citrus notes, making them a truly unique fruit which can enhance salads, desserts and cocktails,” Ms Damiani said.

 

“There’s certainly something opulent and mysterious about this one of a kind fruit which contains a rich blend of vitamin C, folic acid, calcium, vitamin A, antioxidants and fibre[1],” she said.

 

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“In addition to traditional blood oranges, this season a new red pigmented navel variety called the Cara Cara will be available in some supermarkets and greengrocers.”

 

“This delicious variety looks like a regular navel from the outside, but has a brilliant red flesh with slightly less acid than the usual navel varieties,” she said.

 

Ms Damiani said the amount of blood and red-pigmented oranges grown in Australia was rising to m

 

The Australian blood orange season runs from August to October, with fruit quality and quantity expected to be outstanding.

 

2010 Diageo Reserve ‘World Class Bartender of the Year,’ Adam Brewer, said Australian grown blood oranges were the ideal fruit to develop a range of unique cocktails around, with their sweet flavour adding an appealing twist.

 

“The delicious citrus fruit blends perfectly with vodka, gin and even scotch whisky to create deliciously seductive cocktails that appeal to a range of tastes.”

 

Mr Brewer said the colour of Australian grown blood oranges generally varied from deep crimson to almost black, ensuring each cocktail had its own ‘signature.’

 

“In addition to blood oranges, more traditional orange varieties such as valencias and navels are also fantastic cocktail ingredients and look set to once again be a very popular ingredient this year.”

 

About blood oranges

  • Blood oranges have their unique colour because they carry anthocyanins, powerful flavonoid pigments that exist in red and purple fruit and vegetables[2]
  • Cold conditions bring out the deep colourings in blood oranges
  • Blood oranges are known as the anti-aging orange because they are the only citrus fruit to contain anthocyanins, which nutritionists believe have anti-inflammatory properties that affect collagen reproduction
  • Blood oranges are a great source of vitamin C, fibre, antioxidants, folic acid and potassium[3]
  • Blood oranges originated in Asia but are now mainly grown in Italy
  • Blood oranges were once reserved only for royalty and the very privileged, featuring in many early European paintings, mosaics and poems
 
[1] CSIRO Report 2003. Health benefits of citrus
[3] CSIRO Report 2003. Health benefits of Citrus
 
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