Cooking Recipe Candied Fruit Peel
Recipe Ingredients
Directions
Wash oranges, lemons, or grapefruit. Remove peel in 2 sections. Cut
each section into 1/4-inch strips. Cover with cold water. Heat to
boiling. Boil 10 minutes. Drain. Repeat 3 times. Drain. Cover with
boiling water and simmer until tender. Drain. Divide peel into 3
portions. Prepare a heavy sirup, using 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water.
Color 1 portion of sirup red, 1 portion green, and leave 1 portion
clear. Add 1/3 of peel to each portion of sirup. There should be
sufficient sirup to cover each portion of peel. Cook slowly until
tender. Allow to stand in sirup overnight. Drain thoroughly. Roll in
granulated sugar. Place on cake rack. Dry in very slow oven (250 F)
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