Eat by Color: Orange Foods

From a rich root vegetable gratin to a wintery citrus parfait, this collection of recipes celebrates the color orange.

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Beet Salad with Tangerines

This clever recipe uses sweet-tart tangerines two ways: Sections of fruit are tossed into the salad, and tangerine juice flavors the vinaigrette.

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Root-Vegetable Gratin

Use a mandoline to cut the vegetables into thin slices; they will turn tender when baked with chicken broth and a little cream.

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Gingered Orange Gratin

Grace Parisi mixes cold whipped crème fraîche with candied ginger, then spoons it over warm, sweet orange slices. The combination of flavors, textures and temperatures is magnificent.

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Gingery Sweet Potato Soup

Sweet potatoes are a great source of beta-carotene, essential for vision. The soup uses only one cup of the ginger broth; the rest makes a terrific cooking liquid for grains like quinoa.

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Mashed Winter Squash with Indian Spices

Fragrant Indian spices—coriander, turmeric and black mustard seeds—are a wonderful accent for creamy mashed butternut squash. The squash can be roughly smashed until chunky, or thoroughly mashed until smooth.

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West African Chicken Soup

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Pumpkin Lasagne

No need to roast fresh pumpkin for this dish (although you certainly could); using canned unseasoned pumpkin puree is much quicker, and it works just fine. Like most lasagnes, this one is easier to cut if left to set for ten minutes or so before serving.

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Bouillabaisse

This classic Provençal seafood stew is loaded with clams, lobster and fish in a broth delicately flavored with fennel and pastis, a licorice-flavored aperitif.

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Yogurt and Apricot Pie with Crunchy Granola Crust

Oats and almonds may both help lower blood pressure; they're incorporated here in an ingenious granola crust for this sweet-tart pie.

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White Chocolate-Citrus Parfait

When making this parfait pastry chef Deanie Fox uses as many as 10 citrus varieties, from yuzu to tangerine. This streamlined version is still sensational, combining puckery lime curd and minty orange-grapefruit salad with light, luxurious white-chocolate mousse.

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Beet Salad with Tangerines

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Gingered Orange Gratin

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Gingery Sweet Potato Soup

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Mashed Winter Squash with Indian Spices

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West African Chicken Soup

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Pumpkin Lasagne

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Bouillabaisse

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Yogurt and Apricot Pie with Crunchy Granola Crust

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Beet Salad with Tangerines

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Root-Vegetable Gratin

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Gingered Orange Gratin

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Gingery Sweet Potato Soup

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Mashed Winter Squash with Indian Spices

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West African Chicken Soup

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Pumpkin Lasagne

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Yogurt and Apricot Pie with Crunchy Granola Crust

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