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Orange lettuce & walnut salad lech

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Ingredients:
1 Head romaine lettuce
3 Navel or temple oranges
2 tbspFresh lemon juice
2 tbspSugar
1 pinchSalt
1/2 tspCinnamon
1 tbspOrange flower water
3/4 cupWalnuts, chopped
Procedures:
1Wash lettuce and section into leaves, discarding the tough outer ones.
2Drain; wrap in paper towels to dry.
3Store in refrigerator until needed.
4Peel oranges and remove all outside membranes, using a small serrated knife and employing a seesaw motion.
5Section the oranges by cutting away all the membranes from the orange flesh.
6As you work, lift out each section and place in a small mixing bowl.
7Squeeze the juice from the remainder of the orange over the sections to keep them moist.
8Cover; keep chilled.
9Make a dressing by mixing the lemon juice, sugar, salt, cinnamon, orange flower water and 2 tb. of the orange juice.
10Blend well, then taste.
11The dressing should be sweet.
12Just before serving, shred the lettuce and arrange in a glass serving dish.
13Pour the dressing over it; toss.
14Make a design around the edges with overlapping sections of orange, then sprinkle the salad with the chopped walnuts and dust with more cinnamon.
15Serve immediately.
16Variation: prepare as above, using ?cup chopped dates and almonds in place of the chopped walnuts