Growing up, my mother would get boxes of mandarin oranges at Christmas time. How well I remember eating orange after orange while watching Christmas movies and reading books (my favorite hobby).ย It was a very special treat and probably gave me a lot of vitamin C during cold and flu season!
Oranges are one of those foods that speak Christmas to me. As does desserts like orange curd…more on that in a second.
One of Real Food Media’s sponsors, Chaffin Family Orchards offered to send me a box of their mandarins and I said “Yes, please!” All those memories rushed back as I sampled these delicious sweet and tart oranges. And these are way better than my childhood ones because they are cultivated to organic standards (though not certified), the peels haven’t been treated in the least, and they came from old trees which means flavorful and sweet oranges.
After enjoying these for a day or two and loving how good they were, I asked Chris of Chaffin Family Orchards if he would like to do a giveaway of these beautiful oranges. I was thrilled that he agreed. One lucky reader will get a beautiful large box of mandarin oranges, worth 40 dollars retail. For the rest of you, I would definitely consider buying a box this Christmas season (shipping is free). They ship until December the 14th.
To Enter the contest, keep reading. But first let me give you a lovely recipe for mandarins, orange curd. It’s sweet and creamy and really quite simple to make. The mandarins were a great choice for the curd since they are really flavorful with just a slight tartness to it. I filled little tart shells with the curd and topped with fresh mandarin oranges (delicious!). You can also use it as a cake filling, top fresh fruit with it, serve it on top of chocolate pudding (doesn’t that sound divine?), or just eat it off the spoon (seriously good).
Sweet Orange Curd
This is a more frugal version of curd, because, like the Joy of Cookingโs version, I use whole eggs instead of just the egg yolks. However, you could substitute 6 egg yolks for the whole eggs for a super rich curd.3 large eggs
1/4 cup of honey
Grated zest of one orange (1 1/2 tablespoons)
1/2 cup of fresh orange juice juice
6 tablespoons virgin coconut oil, ghee, or butter.1-In a medium stainless steel or enamel saucepan, whisk together the first three ingredients until light colored.
2-Add the the coconut oil, ghee or butter, breaking it into small clumps as you drop it into the pot for even melting. Then add the orange juice.
3-Cook, whisking, over medium heat until the coconut oil is melted. Continue to cook until the mixture thickens and you start to see a few bubbles popping at the surface, and remove immediately from the heat, still whisking to prevent the eggs from getting overcooked.
4-Scrape into a fine sieve set over a bowl. Strain the curd by gently stirring through the sieve.
5-Refrigerate for several hours to thicken. Will keep about one week in the refrigerator.
Contest Rules
This contest will end on December the first at 11:59 PM PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org, and will be announced on December the 2nd. You must live within the United States to enter this contest.
Like all of the giveaways done with my sponsors I will be receiving a small compensation for hosting this giveaway.
Thanks so much Chaffin Family Orchards for a great Holiday Giveaway!
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Katie
The link for the giveaway didn’t work for me.
Sharon
Didn’t work for me either.
KimiHarris
Thanks for letting me know! I will try to fix it right away. Is it just going to the wrong page, or is the link not working at all?
Gillian
For me it just goes to the page where you can buy them.
Ann Marie @ CHEESESLAVE
Hi, the link works. There is no special landing page to sign up though. Just comment below to ener.
Ann Marie @ CHEESESLAVE
I menat ENTER not ener ๐
KimiHarris
Hey Everyone,
Like Ann Marie mentioned, the linking is working. I just misunderstood and thought there was a landing page. Here are the new directions for entering the giveaway.
“And now for the giveaway! To enter simply follow this link to Chaffin Family Orchards, check out their products and come back here and leave a comment sharing which of their products you would most like to see available online (they sell most of their products locally)”
Sheri Willingham
First of all, I ADORE your blog and often use your recipes. Secondly, oranges say Christmas to me too. I especially love mandarin oranges but growing up only ever got the occasional canned kind, mom just bought regular oranges. Anyway, after looking at their website I would vote for cherries. It’s nearly impossible to get pesticide free cherries where I live and cherries are my absolute favorite fruit. CHERRIES!
Lisa
The citrus fruits, definitely! Yum. I’ve had a hard time finding organic Mandarins around here.
Am also interested in the grass fed beef – but shipping to Minnesota may be expensive.
Jen
What an awesome giveaway! I would love to see the figs available online.
Beth
These oranges would be amazing! I would also like it if they made the grapefruit available online.
Cathy
What a wonderful giveaway! I would love to see the Bing Cherries available in bulk online, in season, of course!
Katherine
I would like to see their grass-fed beef available on the internet.
Jessica T.
Having the peaches available online would be lovely…
Kim
I LOVE clementines, as do my two girls. I would love to see the figs available. It is impossible to find delicious, fresh figs that aren’t bruised and over ripe.
lauren
oh, my gosh – those oranges look delish – figs are sounding so good right now too:)
Nicole
I’m going with the beef as well!
Anna C.
What a beautiful farm!! I would love to see the olive oil available!!
Sara
Definitely figs. It is so hard to find those things!
Candace
I would love to see their lemons available for shipping.
Sarah
Oh wow, that recipe looks fantastic! Every year at the bottom of our stocking would be a Christmas orange, so to me they will always remind me of the holiday as well :).
I second (or third) the figs comment! Once I moved away from home, it’s been incredibly difficult to find figs anywhere.
Wendy
grass fed beef – those oranges look wonderful!
April L.
I would also love to see the beef available online!
Teresa
I would love some persimmons – I’m from down South and you never see persimmons up here…
Marillyn @ just-making-noise
Looks wonderfully delicious!! Mandarins are starting to come into season here… We all love them. Could I enter the giveaway? and if I win… I would like the box send to my in-laws. I know they would love it :o)
Kris
Will definitely try the orange curd recipe. ๐
Wish they shipped the figs. My husband loves them and I have never seen them here in Nebraska. I’m guessing they must spoil quickly…
Christy
Fresh figs would be great! I love it when those come in season.
Lauren
Grass fed beef would be nice. I too love citrus fruits during the winter months and they make me think of Christmas as well. My mom always buys a big box of clementines. I had a sweet and juicy orange last night, and a clementine today-both were perfectly sweet and juicy!
RH
I know they’re delicate, but I’d like to see figs available for shipping.
Molly
Yum! I’d like to see the grass-finished beef sold online too.
Sustainable Eats
I’d like the figs!
Jessie
I would love to win those oranges – they look so yummy!
I would like to see the Ruby Red Grapefruit available online.
Rebekah
Definitely the fruit! Probably the cherries most of all though.
Lacinda
I would like to see the Fall Fruits online, specifically the pommegranates.
Mindy
I would love some mandarins!
The thing I’d most like to see sold online is one of those 5+ lb chickens. Yum!
Jill
I would love to see more of their citrus products, like Grapefruit, and also there jams. I think they’d be a perfect Christmas combination! I would also love to see the stone fruit on-line. Ooops, was I suppose to pick one? ๐
Jenni R.
Your orange curd looks wonderful! I can’t wait to give it a try.
I would love to see any of the stone fruits for sale online. Hard to find organic ones here.
Megan
I think I’m going to have to vote for the cherries as well. Those mandarins look SO good!
Sarah
Thanks for the great giveaway! These would be great to try! From their site i think it would be SO great if you could have fresh chickens or eggs delivered to your door. I know that would be hard and costly to do, but it would be nice for them to just show up. ๐ Thanks!
Brenda
I would vote for the apricots if it was possible to send them. I miss apricots and would love to dry my own.
Heather
I think the lemons would be wonderful!
Elizabeth
I’d love to see the figs. They are one of my favorite fruits but I hardly ever find them fresh. Though, they are pretty good dried as well.
mel
Oh peaches, cherries, or oranges! I wish all the produce was available online! Where I live, we don’t always have access to organic, pesticide free fruits like these- just the basics: apples, bananas, pears, grapes if we’re lucky. So I’d love to get access to delicious organic fruits!
Becky@BoysRuleMyLife
CHERRIES!!! We don’t have access to *good* cherries. My vote is definitely for cherries! ๐
Audrey
I’m about to try out a couple of your recipes for Thanksgiving. They look good and fresh green beans are my Mom’s favorite. Will post the results. Anyway, love avocados and stone fruits! (And the figs-one of our favorites).
Shannon Carter
I would love to buy their meats online… the whole chickens especially. The sources around here are ridiculously expensive. Thanks for the chance!
Corrie
My husband grew up in Argentina…so BEEF! ๐
Christina B
What a neat looking farm. I am in CA and would love to have a local source for grass-fed lamb. I LOVE lamb! It’s the Basque in me.
Susan
I would love to try their grass-feed beef!
Samara
I would love to enter the giveaway!
I don’t buy online produce very much, as it is fairly easy to find the summer/fall fruits here organically. However, the winter fruit, such as oranges, etc., I would be morel likely to buy.
Samara
P.S. Where did you get your tart shells?
KimiHarris
Hi Samara,
I made them! ๐ It’s a soaked recipe I am working out right now.
Mistee
I would be interested in the olives and pomegranates. ๐