Sekai no Shokutaku

Unknown / Dessert

Wikibooks

Crystallised Orange Peel

Ingredients

ScaleNo serving count in the source — scale by factor
  • orange, organic or unwaxed; Seville oranges work well3
  • caster sugar, twice90 g
  • water, twice220 ml

Method 5 steps

  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.