Homemade Candied Orange Peels
Homemade Candied Orange Peels

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, homemade candied orange peels. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Making your own candied orange peel and candied lemon peel is super easy and the difference between homemade and store-bought is absolutely mind-blowing! Leave the store-bought stuff on the shelf because NOTHING compares to homemade, it's incredible!! Candied orange peel is the perfect sweet treat.

Homemade Candied Orange Peels is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Homemade Candied Orange Peels is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook homemade candied orange peels using 3 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Homemade Candied Orange Peels:
  1. Take 6 medium organic oranges
  2. Make ready 3 cup sugar
  3. Prepare 1 tbsp lemon juice (optional)

Our neighbors and friends are delighted to receive boxes with some homemade toffee and peanut brittle, sherried walnuts, candied citrus peel, and cookies or mini rum babas. Candied citrus peels make an elegant confection. Enjoy them plain, dipped in tempered chocolate, or as a garnish on other desserts. All Reviews for Sweet Candied Orange and Lemon Peel.

Steps to make Homemade Candied Orange Peels:
  1. Cut the peel of each orange into strips using a paring knife.
  2. Start at the stem and cut all the way through the peel, but not into - the flesh of the orange.
  3. Remove each strip as you cut. Yields about 30 pieces.
  4. In a stainless saucepan, add about 2 1/2 quarts water and orange peels. There should be enough water that the peels are not crowded.
  5. Bring to a boil and allow the oranges to boil for about two minutes then drain.
  6. Repeat the process two more times.
  7. Place the oranges back into the pan and pour cold water over them and allow to cool. Once cooled, drain again.
  8. Partially remove the pith (white part of peel).
  9. With the paring knife, remove enough pith that leaves only about an eighth of an inch of pith on the peel.
  10. Return orange peels to pot, and bring to the final two minute boil. Then drain.
  11. Add the sugar and lemon to the saucepan with about 2 cups of water.
  12. Bring to a strong boil and stir occasionally to dissolve the sugar.
  13. Then reduce heat, but maintaining boil and cook until a begins to thicken.
  14. Add the orange peels and cook until the peels become glassy. (can take up to an hour) Remove from heat and let cool in the syrup until plump, may take several hours, or leave overnight.
  15. Once peels have absorbed syrup and plumped up, remove excess syrup by sliding from top with fingers.
  16. Place on drying rack and allow to dry one day or until no longer sticks to your finger when touched.
  17. Dip each peel in sugar by pressing down to evenly coat and return to drying rack. Allow one day to dry.
  18. Store candied orange peels in the freezer. Layer the orange peels between parchment paper and lay flat.
  19. Notes: When making homemade orange peels, the cutting and blanching process takes about 4 hours. But then, this recipe just needs time to allow the peels to absorb the syrup (over night) and dry on the counter (two days). This recipe works well for dipping into chocolate or as a practically fat free snack. May increase sugar to 4 cups for an even stronger candied orange taste. *Slow food method adapted from Rosetta Costantino?s My Calabria

Homemade Candies Desserts Candied Orange Peel Candy Recipes Recipes Sweet Treats Orange Recipes Food Fruit Recipes. Candied orange peel is the perfect sweet treat with a burst of orange flavor. Orange peels are boiled in a simple syrup until slightly translucent and laid out to dry. So, when I included a procedure for candied orange peel to be used in the Amaranth Wafer recipe in my book, EveryDayCook, I didn't have a lot of space and so the procedure had to be abbreviated…a lot. You can make candied orange peels and candied citron peels at home.

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