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Crystallised Orange Peel

Crystallised Orange Peel — a confection recipe, 3 ingredients, about 4 min.

4 min · Confection

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
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  • 3 organic or unwaxed oranges (Sevilles are good)
  • 90 g caster sugar (twice)
  • 220 ml water (twice)

Steps

  1. Peel just the skin of the washed, dried orange with a potato peeler (include only skin, no white pith).
  2. Boil the peels in a syrup made from the sugar and water for 5 minutes. Remove peels from syrup.
  3. Dry peels on a wire rack for 4 hours.
  4. Boil peels again in a fresh syrup. Dry again on the wire rack until brittle (about 48 hours).
  5. Grind in a clean coffee grinder and store in a sealed container.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0