Cookbook:Crystallised Orange Peel
| Crystallised Orange Peel | |
|---|---|
| Category | Confection recipes |
| Time | 4–5 days |
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Ingredients
- 3 organic or unwaxed oranges (Sevilles are good)
- 90 g caster sugar (twice)
- 220 ml water (twice)
Procedure
- Peel just the skin of the washed, dried orange with a potato peeler (include only skin, no white pith).
- Boil the peels in a syrup made from the sugar and water for 5 minutes. Remove peels from syrup.
- Dry peels on a wire rack for 4 hours.
- Boil peels again in a fresh syrup. Dry again on the wire rack until brittle (about 48 hours).
- Grind in a clean coffee grinder and store in a sealed container.
Notes, tips, and variations
- Using a fan oven set on the lowest setting (100 °C) with the door slightly ajar to allow free passage of air will dry the peel in under 8 hours.