Candied Orange Peels

Name: Candied Orange Peels
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 0
Ingredients: Oranges whole, untreated, with thick peel 2.2 lbs; Sugar 2 cups; Water 1.7 cups; Ice to taste; Dark chocolate 3.5 oz; Sugar to taste

Lactose Free
Vegetarian

Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Cost: Average
Note + 30 minutes of cooling the peels

PRESENTATION

Candied orange peels are traditional Christmas sweets, perfect to enjoy after a meal or to enhance your desserts! The recipe is very simple and involves boiling thin strips of orange peel in a syrup of water and sugar. Once ready, you can choose to use them immediately, enjoy them with granulated sugar or covered in chocolate, or turn them into a preserve to store in the pantry. This way, you will always have a supply of homemade candied orange peels to delight your guests or enrich delicious desserts such as refined chocolate baskets!

Come and discover other desserts made with oranges:

Orange Cake
Orange Ring Cake
Orange Dessert
Orange Cake with Yogurt Cream

INGREDIENTS

For 2 jars of 250 g: Oranges 2.2 lbs (1 kg) - whole, untreated, with thick peel; Sugar 2 cups (400 g); Water 1.7 cups (400 g); Ice to taste

for garnishing: Dark chocolate 3.5 oz (100 g); Sugar to taste

Preparation

How to prepare Candied Orange Peels

To prepare candied orange peels, cut thick-skinned, untreated oranges into wedges 1, then use a knife to remove the pulp 2. Cut the peel into strips about 0.2 inches wide, following the direction of the wedges 3; you should get about 10.5 oz of peels.

Place the peels in a saucepan with cold water and bring to a boil, then drain 4 and cool in a bowl with cold water and ice 5. Drain the peels with a slotted spoon 6 and repeat this process 4 times.

At this point, transfer the peels to a baking dish 7. Pour the water and sugar into a saucepan 8 and bring to a boil. When you have obtained a syrup, add the peels 9.

Simmer for at least 30 minutes over low heat 10. Once ready 11, you can choose to use your candied orange peels immediately to garnish your desserts or preserve them: in this case, pour the peels along with the boiling syrup into a previously sterilized glass jar 12. Immediately close with the lid and turn the jars upside down to create a vacuum seal. Your candied orange peels are ready to be stored.

If you want to consume them immediately, after boiling them in the syrup, let them dry for at least 30 minutes on a rack 13. Melt 3.5 oz of dark chocolate in the microwave or bain-marie 14 15.

Dip the peels halfway 16, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper until the chocolate has solidified 17. Alternatively, you can coat them with sugar: after drying them on the rack, roll them in sugar 18.

Mix to ensure the sugar adheres well 19 20. Your candied orange peels are ready to be enjoyed or stored 21.

Storage

Candied orange peels in jars can be stored for about 6 months at room temperature, away from light and heat sources.

We recommend consuming chocolate and sugar-coated orange peels immediately as humidity and temperature changes can alter taste and texture.

Tip

With the leftover orange pulp, you can make jelly candies, a coulis, or a simple orange juice.

If you have thin-skinned oranges, we recommend boiling them only twice in water.

IMPORTANT

Homemade preparation of preserves and jams can pose health risks. In a domestic environment, it is not possible to create the conditions and measures necessary to ensure the safety and suitability of food, which, on the contrary, industrial procedures can assure to prevent dangerous contaminations. It is therefore important to strictly follow food safety guidelines to reduce risks, but it must always be kept in mind that the same level of food safety as preserves and jams produced professionally can never be achieved. For correct preparation of homemade preserves, we refer to the Ministry of Health guidelines.

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