Receta Candied Orange Peels | Homemade Candied Peels Recipe
PREPARATION METHOD
Take
the orange peels and cut it into small strips of ¼ inch thickness. (remove the
white pith if any)
Here's a pictorial on how to easily peel an Orange!
How To Make Candied Peels
Then
place a pan on flame and add the orange peels and fill with water so that the
peels get immersed well. Then wait until it boils nicely. Remove from flame drain
peels and discard the water, wash the peels well and again pour some more water
and boil the same way. Then drain and discard water. Do this process thrice to
remove the bitterness from the orange peels.
Then remove the peels and wash well.
Place
a pan on flame and add sugar and 40 ml of water and stir well. Wait until it
dissolves.
Then
add the orange peels and do not stir. Just place on a very low flame and cook
until the peels turn nearly transparent. (need not stir in between just leave it
undisturbed)
It
will seem glossy when finished. It may take 20 minutes or more depending on the
size of the strips.
Then
remove the peels from the sugar syrup and place on a pan lined with parchment paper. Leave it overnight in room temperature to dry well.
It
will harden well when dried. Then chop them into smaller pieces or store them.
Use for making cakes specially fruit cakes, cookies, muffins or just use like a mouth freshening candy.
TIP 1: You can make the same with lemon peels and also with mosambi peels. Follow the same procedure.
TIP 2: I have used the blanching technique to remove bitterness from peels, doing this process three times gets rid of the bitter flavor completely. you can reduce it to a single time blanching if you like a tad bit of bitterness in your candied peels.