Candied Orange Peel Recipe

Name: Candied Orange Peel Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 20 servings
Ingredients: 3 Organic Unwaxed Oranges; water; 1 ⅔ Cups sugar

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Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 10 mins
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings
20 servings
Calories
73 kcal
Course
Condiments
Cuisine
Austrian

Candied Orange Peel Recipe

Jonathan Green

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Make your own candied orange peel and create amazing easy desserts at home for your loved ones. Quick 3 Ingredients DIY recipe! Can be stored up to 3 months in a cool and dry place.

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Ingredients

Servings

3 Organic Unwaxed Oranges
water to blanch + to cook ¾ cup (150 ml)
1 ⅔ Cups sugar

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Instructions

Wash and scrub your oranges well to get rid of dirt etc. Pat dry with kitchen towel. Use a vegetable peeler to remove the orange peel without taking off the white orange pit. We only want the orange colored skin!
Keep a pot with some water to boil on the fire.
Now cut your orange peel into smaller strips. I like to cut it small so that I can use the orange peel later directly for cakes and sweet, but you can cut the peel into longer strips too if you want.
Add the cut orange peel to the boiling water and keep in the water for 3 minutes to blanch. This will remove some of the bitterness of the orange peel. Then discard the water and repeat the same process by adding water again and cooking it until boiling hot for another 3 minutes. Discard the water again.
Now to the orange peel, add the ¾ cups (150 ml) water and sugar together to the pot and keep on lower heat function. We want the orange peel now to simmer slowly for 45 minutes. Don't stir all to often with your spoon, just let it cook slowly and sometimes just swing the small pot so that nothing gets stuck on the borders.
After 45 minutes of simmering the orange peel should have become half translucent, that's a sign that they are ready to be taken out.
Keep a bowl ready with a sieve and pour in the whole orange peel content. You can use the orange peel syrup for drinks or other uses.
Now spread the candied orange peel pieces on a parchment paper and keep it to dry for a few hours in the kitchen or you can place it into the oven and dry the orange peel for about 4–6 hours at 200 Fahrenheit/ 100 Celsius. The longer you keep them to dry, the crispier they get, if you want them to be soft, keep them to dry for a short period. The whole point of drying is for prolonged conservation (as is the sugar), however, you can skip the drying process if you want your candied orange peels to be juicier.
Store in an air tight container for further use.

Notes

20 servings = 1 jar (just an approximate)

Nutrition Information

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Serving 26g Calories 73kcal (4%) Carbohydrates 18g (6%) Potassium 35mg (1%) Sugar 18g (36%) Vitamin A 45IU (1%) Vitamin C 10.5mg (12%) Calcium 8mg (1%)