Crystallised Orange Peel
Category: Confection
Ingredients
- 3 organic or unwaxed oranges (Sevilles are good)
- 90 g caster sugar (twice)
- 220 ml water (twice)
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Instructions
1. Peel just the skin of the washed, dried orange with a potato peeler (include only skin, no white pith).
2. Boil the peels in a syrup made from the sugar and water for 5 minutes. Remove peels from syrup.
3. Dry peels on a wire rack for 4 hours.
4. Boil peels again in a fresh syrup. Dry again on the wire rack until brittle (about 48 hours).
5. Grind in a clean coffee grinder and store in a sealed container.
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