Course: Party & Snacks

Barb's Candied Orange Peels

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Barb says: I loved peel as a child. Then, it disappeared. Couldn't find it anywhere. I tried to buy some but when I read the jar that said 'candied something or other' I read the fine print and it was candied rutabaga. That was the end. I found my old Joy of Cooking recipe and started making my own again.

Source

From Barbara Hart 2021-12-23

Ingredients

3 or 4oranges
1 cupsugar
½ cupwater
1 cupsugar

Steps

  1. Take peel off oranges, to make 2 cups of peel; either cut into strips now or before putting into syrup.
  2. Put in cold water and bring to boil then simmer ten minutes.
  3. Repeat 3 to 5 times. This makes the peel less bitter. The cold water keeps it from getting mushy.
  4. If you use big pieces, cook until tender the last time, maybe 30 minutes.
  5. Drain the last time;
  6. slice if not alrady sliced.
  7. Make a syrup with the sugar and water and cook slowly until pot is almost dry. This can take hours, or should, as the syrup is replacing all the water in the cooked peel.
  8. Leave overnight in syrup residue, (or not) warm up, roll in sugar.
  9. Let dry on a rack as long as it takes to get it the way you want it. An hour, overnight, two days. It varies.