Mandarin oranges add tangy-sweet freshness to both savoury dishes and desserts. The sweet, small sibling in the citrus family works perfectly well in a quick, easy and vibrant salad where it’s best paired with the salty hit of cheese in our baked feta and mandarin orange dish. In other mandarin recipes, it holds its own alongside roast fish, roast duck, charred octopus and even beef cheek ravioli.
As for mandarin desserts, we have a mandarin orange cake with ginger syrup, mandarin-glazed cookies, jammy mandarin and cinnamon buns and baked ricotta cream with mandarin caramel. Really, what can’t this wonderously tiny orange do?
Best mandarin recipes for the citrus season
Mandarin and ginger syrup cake
It’s the whole boiled mandarins that make this a go-to cake for the winter season.
Heirloom carrot and mandarin salad
This light and bright salad is best served with free-flowing wine and some good friends.
Roast snapper with mandarin and fennel sauce
Roast snapper with mandarin and fennel sauce recipe – For the garlic mash, cover the potato in a large saucepan with plenty of cold salted water, bring to the boil and cook until tender (15-20 minutes).
Baked feta salad with mandarin and fennel
For when you need to lighten your winter eating.
Jammy mandarin and cinnamon buns
A sexy baked treat for your autumn sweet.
Poffertjes with mandarin jam
Australian Gourmet Traveller breakfast recipe for poffertjes with mandarin jam.
Chocolate mud cakes with chocolate and mandarin ice-cream
Australian Gourmet Traveller dessert recipe for chocolate mud cakes with chocolate and mandarin ice-cream
Si Paradiso’s charred octopus with almonds and mandarin
Octopus might not be the easiest dish to make, especially when a hibachi is involved. But this recipe by Paul Greenham of Si Paradiso fame is worth it.
Orange blossom milk puddings with mandarin
This delicate dessert is lightly scented with orange and mandarin and is a perfect way to embrace citrus season.
Choc-mandarin pudding with mandarin granita
The combination of citrus and dark chocolate is always a winner. In place of the usual orange, why not try mandarin?
Soy-roast duck with mandarin
Soy-roast duck with mandarin recipe – Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok or large deep frying pan over medium-high heat. Add duck breast-side down and cook, turning, until golden brown all over (5-6 minutes).
Mandarin-glazed cookies
Try stopping at just one.
Mandarin and almond babka
Best served still warm from the oven.
Baked ricotta cream with mandarin caramel
This gorgeous dessert is a surefire way to add colour to a winter table. The bonus is it will boost your vitamin C levels, too.
Roasted mandarins with ginger custard
The formula for dessert success is as easy as peeling some mandarins and popping them in the oven. No time to make custard? Cream works just as well.
Baked ricotta pudding with mandarin, honey and chamomile compote
A simple mandarin compote adds zest and brightness to this ricotta pudding, as would your favourite jam or marmalade.
Jordan Toft’s mandarin and yoghurt frozen slice
Part sorbet, part gelato, part meringue. This slice has it all.
Palmiers with mandarin and crème fraîche
Fresh mandarin, sweets sugar syrup and crème fraîche are the perfect complements to these palmiers.
Grilled witlof, mint and almond salad with blackened mandarin
Recipe for grilled witlof, mint and almond salad with blackened mandarin.
Mandarin and ruby grapefruit jelly, blood orange granita and citrus salad
Australian Gourmet traveller recipe for mandarin and ruby grapefruit jelly, blood orange granita and citrus salad.
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Dark gingerbread cake with mandarin compote
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for dark gingerbread cake with mandarin compote.
Prickly pear granita, mandarin granita, vanilla ice-cream
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for prickly pear granita, mandarin granita, vanilla ice-cream by Moon Under Water in Melbourne.
Beef cheek ravioli with mandarin mustard fruits
Australian Gourmet Traveller and Coast restaurant Italian pasta main course recipe for beef cheek ravioli with mandarin mustard fruits
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