Clementine Recipes

Clementines are less acidic than ordinary oranges, are easier to peel and typically don’t have seeds—all in all, the perfect supersweet snack. Clementine juice is a great way to sweeten a cocktail, and the citrusy segments make a sweet addition to green salads. Here, our favorite ways to use clementines.

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Clementine and Chia Seed Yogurt Pound Cake

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With clementine zest in the batter, syrup soaked into the cake, a glaze poured over the top and some candied clementine slices as garnish, this fragrant cake is guaranteed to become a favorite.

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Cranberry-Clementine Preserves

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Elizabeth Madden of Rare Bird Preserves puts cranberries to great use in this versatile relish: Serve it with turkey, stir it into a cocktail or whisk it into a vinaigrette.

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Celery Root Soup with Clementine-Relish Toasts

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Americans Braden Perkins and Laura Adrian have turned Hidden Kitchen (hkmenus.com), their Paris supper club, into a tiny (and still underground) restaurant with the same name. The lovely seasonal menu includes this silky soup.

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My Clementine

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Many cutting-edge mixologists are using siphons to create effervescent drinks. Here, club soda adds fizz to a citrusy cocktail.

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Cranberry, Clementine and Pumpkin Seed Conserve

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Cranberries only need to be cooked for a few minutes before they burst and form a sauce. Melissa Rubel Jacobson has a number of recipes for them, including Jellied Cranberry Sauce with Fuji Apple and Cranberry-and-Dried-Fruit Compote.

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Crab and Crispy Cheese Tacos

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Clementines add a subtle, natural sweetness to this taco's smoky chile salsa. Use any leftover salsa as a dipping sauce for poached shrimp or rub onto bone-in pork chops before grilling.

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Clementine and Chia Seed Yogurt Pound Cake

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