Orange

naranja / laranja / orange

Flavor and role: A citrus with sweet, tangy juice and a strongly fragrant peel. The juice adds acidity and sweetness to meat marinades; the zest perfumes breads and bakes.
Typical dishes and uses: Taco marinades (carnitas, al pastor), served with feijoada, hot cross bun zest, duck à l'orange
Substitutes: 100ml orange juice = 100ml mandarin juice or 100ml unsweetened orange juice + 1 tsp lime juice.
Storage: 1 week at room temperature, 3–4 weeks in the fridge. When zesting, grate only the outer peel; the white pith is bitter.
Main countries: Spain · Brazil · United States
Used in this book: Tacos with Guacamole Feijoada (Black Bean and Pork Stew)Hot Cross Buns Bouillabaisse Classic Carrot Cake Cuban Sandwich (Cubano)Picarones Cuban Yuca con Mojo Baklava Ice Cream Cups Barmbrack Bread and Butter Pudding with Marmalade Marseille Bouillabaisse with Rockfish Broth and Potato Rouille Brown Butter Carrot Layer Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Classic Ceviche with Leche de Tigre Brown-Butter Coconut Chin Chin with Orange Zest Orange-Vanilla Crema Catalana with a Double Burnt-Sugar Crust Brown Butter Crêpes Suzette Overnight Mojo Roast Pork Cubano Orange Dakgangjeong (American-Chinese Orange Chicken × Korean)Feijoada Completa with Garlic Kale and Farofa Chipotle Feijoada Chili Feijoada Croquettes with Kale and Bacon Orange-Blossom Honey Fricassé Doughnuts Gyros al Pastor Tacos with Charred Pineapple and Lime Tzatziki Tangzhong Hot Cross Buns with Tea-Soaked Fruit Hot Cross Scones with Whipped Orange-Honey Butter Greek Honey-Walnut Yogurt Cheesecake (Greek × Japanese)Pimento-Smoked Charcoal Jerk Chicken Nuremberg Elisenlebkuchen with Dark Chocolate Lebkuchen Cheesecake Bars Turkish Delight and Pistachio Lolly Cake (Turkish × NZ)Crisp Loukoumades with Orange-Thyme Honey and Walnut-Sesame Brittle Brown Butter Malva Pudding with Orange-Brandy Sauce and Vanilla Custard Overnight Butter Medialunas with Orange-Honey Glaze Date and Cardamom Oliebollen with Honey-Orange Syrup (Dutch × Middle Eastern)Overnight Pączki with Homemade Plum Powidła 24-Hour Mojo Pernil with Pan Jus Pisco Picarones with Fig-Leaf Chancaca Syrup Picarón Pancake Stack with Chancaca Butter Syrup Sopaipillas Pasadas in Spiced Chancaca Syrup Crisp-Seared Yuca with Garlic Confit Mojo Curry Leaf Mojo Yuca (Cuban × Keralan)Crispy Smashed Yuca with Mojo Aioli

Updated 2026-10-10