January 31, 2011

Candied Orange Peel

Any fresh fruit juice is welcome at home. Now a days, I make some fresh juice or milkshake every day for breakfast. On one such day, I made orange juice and I did not feel like throwing the fresh and bright orange peels. I remember my mom saying about a vethakuzhambu using these peels. But I wanted to try some candied peels. On searching the internet, I landed here and used her recipe. Do drop in her page to see some step by step pictures and for more candy recipes in her blog. Though it involves quite some time, its worth and tastes and smells much better than the store bought one.




You need

  •  Peel from 3 oranges
  • Sugar - 1 cup
Method
Scrap the whit pith in the inner part of the peel using a spoon. I tried taking it out using a knife and I was tearing the peel in the process. I found the spoon works out better. Cut the peel into strips. Blanch the orange peel in hot water with 1/2 teaspoon of  salt added to it for 10 minutes. Drain and blanch again in  water without adding salt. Its blanched twice to remove the bitterness from the peel.

Heat water and sugar together. When the syrup starts  boiling, add the blanched strips. Continue to cook on low flame, till the strips turn translucent. Its better you  don't stir it very often,which lead to sugar crystallising.  It took 20 minutes for me. Drain the peels and spread it on a plate to dry.

The left  over orange flavored syrup can be used while making juices  orr in fruit salad. You don't have much syrup left out and it gets used up faster too.





12 comments:

  1. I love them and your look perfect and so yumm.

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  2. For long i want to try this one, they look perfect!

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  3. hey jayashree, what a coincidence, I had book marked the same website to make these for a daring baker challenge, they look so gorgeous,

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  4. looks so good..tedious but worth the effort..

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  5. Is that 1 cup of sugar, J???
    This is a nice way of using up the peels. I've tried the vathal kozhambu that you mentioned, but it was too bitter for our liking.

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  6. Jayashree, yes its 1 cup. I just noticed its missing in the recipe and have updated. Thanks for pointing it out. Did u scrap the white pith before using in vethakuzhambu since its that which makes the peel tasate bitter

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  7. Delicious!! I remember making these during the winter citrus season on Delhi!!

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  8. yummy and glazing oranage rinds looke delicious

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  9. I have seen my friend made this. She has a kind of different way of making them but this one looks easy.
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  10. Looks delicious and tempting. Lovely and looks paLapaLA

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