Candied Citrus Peel Recipe with step by step pictures. These Candied peels like orange and lemons makes a great addition to cakes.
Candied Citrus Peel
Delcious Candied peels are great in cakes or puddings. It is such an easy recipe to make using the peels of citrus fruits which we will normally throw away. You can make them a bunch and store them in fridge and use whenever needed.
This is so easy to make, you don't need any special ingredients for this, just peels, water and sugar.
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Ingredients for Candied Citrus Peel
- Orange Peels from 4 oranges
- Lemon Peels from 6 lemons
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Water - 1 cup + more
- Caster Sugar - ¾ cup
How to Make Candied Citrus Peel
Take water in a sauce pan, add the peels in and cook for 2 mins. Drain it.
Now fill fresh water in the pan and add the peels back in and cook for 3 mins this remove the bitterness from it. Drain it.
Now take sugar and water in a sauce pan, bring it to a boil. Add the peels in and cook for 5 to 10 mins till it is done.
Now drain it and spread it in a parchment paper so it gets dry. Let it dry for 2 to 3 hours.
Now take it in a bowl, and sprinkle the top with some caster sugar. Toss well.
Spread it in parchment paper and let it dry for 1 hour or so.
Now store in an air tight container.
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Candied Citrus Peel Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Orange Peels
- 6 Lemon Peels
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- ¾ cup Caster Sugar
Instructions
- Remove the peels from fruit, slice of as much white part from the peels. Slice into strips and set aside.
- Take water in a sauce pan, add the peels in and cook for 2 mins. Drain it.
- Now fill fresh water in the pan and add the peels back in and cook for 3 mins this remove the bitterness from it. Drain it.
- Now take sugar and water in a sauce pan, bring it to a boil. Add the peels in and cook for 5 to 10 mins till it is done.
- Now drain it and spread it in a parchment paper so it gets dry. Let it dry for 2 to 3 hours.
- Now take it in a bowl, and sprinkle the top with some caster sugar. Toss well.
- Spread it in parchment paper and let it dry for 1 hour or so.
- Now store in an air tight container.
- This will stay good for 1 to 2 months in fridge.
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