Homemade candied orange

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Wash the oranges, dry them, cut them in half and squeeze out the juice. In this recipe, we will use whole oranges.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pour all the juice into all the sugar and mix well. If the sugar is large, you can send the container with the future syrup to the microwave for a couple of minutes so that the sugar dissolves. The approximate amount of juice should be 150-200 ml. If less, you can dilute with water.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cut the crusts into strips 0.5 cm wide. And add it to the syrup.

4. Step 4:

   

   We send the container to the microwave, we will boil candied fruits in pulses of 4 minutes at maximum temperature. The number of pulses will be 4-6. It all depends on the thickness and hardness of the peel. I usually have at least 5. Between each pulse, we take it out, mix it and send it back.

5. Step 5:

   

   Over time, the peel will begin to change color. It will become more transparent, similar to marmalade.The liquid will evaporate, the syrup will thicken. Readiness can be checked with a toothpick. It should freely enter the peel.

7. Step 6:

   

   When the crusts have become soft, translucent - they are ready. We put them on the grill, or a plate and let them dry. You can leave it overnight, and if you don't have time, you can put it right on a plate in the oven at 60-70 degrees for an hour.The result will be the same.

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour the syrup into a jar, it will still come in handy. I usually add it to baking when kneading dough. It can be used as a topping for ice cream, pancakes, cheesecakes .....

9. Step 8:

   

   When the crusts have dried, we roll them abundantly in sugar, and put them in a hermetically sealed container.

10. Step 9:

    

    Stored in the refrigerator. My candied fruits are already 1.5 meat pieces, they are as delicious as they were on the first day.

11. Step 10:

    

    Here are such beautiful, bright, fragrant, juicy candied fruits turned out. They can be used in baking, or as an independent dessert in tea or coffee.