Crystallised Orange Peel

Ingredients

  • 3 organic or unwaxed oranges (Sevilles are good)
  • 90 g caster sugar (twice)
  • 220 ml water (twice)

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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