Candied Oranges
Candied oranges is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the Southfruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 500 g untreated blood orange
- 850 g sugar
Instructions
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1.
Rinse the oranges hot, dry them and cut into slices.
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2.
Place in a pot, cover with water, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes. Remove the fruit, measure out 300 ml of the liquid, mix with 100 g sugar, return to a boil and cook until the sugar dissolves and remove from heat. Place the orange slices in the syrup and let steep overnight.
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3.
On the next day, remove the orange slices from the syrup, reheat with an additional 100 g sugar, dissolve the sugar and steep the slices again overnight. Repeat this process five more times and finally heat the last syrup with 150 g sugar. Add the fruit slices, bring to a boil, remove, place on parchment‑lined baking sheet and let dry for about two days.
