Today is a recipe for the rubric of "waste-free cooking". Let's replenish our cookbook with another masterpiece - candied orange peels. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Orange skins are a sin to consider waste. They are dried in any convenient way and fragrant pieces of zest are added to the tea leaves. They are used in baking Easter cakes, rolls, muffins, cookies, cheesecakes, etc. Someone collects citrus peels for garden needs. Although they can be eaten just like candy. And if dipped in melted bitter chocolate, then it's just bliss for gourmets. Let's prepare delicious natural candied fruits from orange peels today.
The classic method of preparing candied orange peels from the peel takes a few days. First, they are boiled in sweet syrup, in which they are soaked for a day or two. Then they are dried, for which they use an oven, an electric dryer, or do it naturally in the air. Ready dried candied fruits can be left as is, or turned into powder. To do this, they are ground in a coffee grinder. It is more convenient to use citrus powder in baking dough, creams, glazes, etc. master the express method of converting pieces of citrus peel into sweet candied fruits.
See also how to cook candied pumpkin.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 398 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 36 hours
Ingredients:
- Orange peels - any quantity
- Sugar - the weight of the sugar should be equal to the weight of the orange peels
- Spices (cardamom, cloves, anise, allspice, cinnamon stick, nutmeg) - optional and to taste
Step-by-step preparation of candied fruits from orange peels, recipe with photo:
1. Wash oranges well under running hot water. Since sellers can lubricate them with paraffin to extend their life. And paraffin can only be washed off with warm water. Then dry the oranges with a paper towel and cut the skins with a knife. Cut them off with a minimal white soft layer.
2. Cut the orange peels into a convenient shape: cubes, strips, or otherwise.
3. Place the orange peels in a heavy-bottomed saucepan to prevent them from burning during cooking.
4. Add your favorite spices to the pot.
5. Fill the crusts with drinking water so that it only covers them.
6. Pour sugar into a saucepan and stir.
7. Place the pot on the stove and boil. Boil for 5 minutes and remove from heat. Leave to cool until cool and repeat the cooking process again for 5 minutes. Cool the mass and boil a third time.
8. After cooling down, put the orange peels on a baking sheet or wire rack and send them to a heated oven up to 60 degrees to dry for 2-3 hours. Or dry them at room temperature. This process will take you about a day. Store ready-made orange peel peels in a glass container or paper bag at room temperature and moderate humidity.
[media =] See also the video recipe on how to make candied peels from orange peels.
