How To Make Candied Orange Peels / Candied Orange Peel Recipe

How To Make Candied Orange Peels / Candied Orange Peel Recipe

Christmas is just a few weeks away and it is time to make some candied orange peel for your fruitcake and other Christmas bakes. Dip the candied orange peel in chocolate and you have some dessert for yourself and for gifting as well! I never used to think much of oranges before I started baking and started using orange zest in my baking and desserts.

And started making candied orange peel at home. During this season you find plenty of fresh oranges,and one of the things I must absolutely make during this season is candied orange peel. Home made is so zesty, so aromatic and so fresh, and is so different from the ones you can buy from the store.

And to make the candied peel, we just need 3 ingredients, we need some really really fresh oranges, organic preferably, we need some sugar and then some water. You can find the ingredient list and the proportions listed in the description below the video.

We have some oranges here and I have some water simmering here. I have washed these oranges and now I am going to be cutting them. From one end to the other end. Use a sharp knife. We need just the peel of the orange, you could use the juice for some other purpose.

We are going to be cutting this into 4 parts. And now we need to remove just the skin of the orange. Try to keep it intact as much as possible, so that you get the maximum longer peels. And you could make quite a lot of candied orange from just 2 oranges.

We need to cut them into strips now. And if you don't want your candied orange peel to have those sharp 'tails' you could just trim them around here. If I were making these for myself i wouldn't worry about the 'tails' and I would try to get as much as possible from these oranges.

So you need strips like this. And try to keep them uniform in width as much as possible so that they cook evenly. So this is the peel from 2 oranges and I am going to be putting them in this boiling water here.

You can see the peels floating in the water, there should be enough water in the pan here. So we are going to be boiling these peels for about 5-6 minutes, and we are going to be draining them and rinsing them.

Then again put them in some more hot water, boil for 5-6 minutes, drain and rinse. This helps cook the orange peels, it will soften them and also help remove some of the bitterness from the peels. But I think I find a hint of bitterness desirable sometimes.

So these are orange peels I have boiled twice, I have drained them and rinsed them. You could taste a tiny bit at this point and if you find some bitterness or you want to soften them a little more, then you could boil them once again.

And we have some water in this pan here and we have some sugar. I am using a little less than what is normally recommended because I do not want my orange peels very sweet. Now I am going to be putting this sugar into the water, we will dissolve this sugar and then boil the syrup.

Let us dissolve the sugar, I am using regular granulated white sugar. The sugar has dissolved now, I am going to be putting the orange peels in this sugar syrup. So we need to spread out all these peels in the sugar syrup and make sure all the peels are covered with the syrup.

Now I going to be putting this on low heat, cover this and cook for about 30 minutes. Keep checking the peels once in a while, say once in 10 minutes, turn the peels if needed, put the lid back and cook again for some more time.

And now quite a bit of the syrup has already been absorbed, and I am just flipping the peels. And please do observe carefully and keep watching at the end of the cooking time, because you do not want the peel to start burning.

And if in doubt about when to remove this from the heat, then you could try removing it earlier than later. Make a small batch of this candied orange peel with just 2 oranges, because experience is the best teacher.

Then you will know how much sugar you want in your peel and how long you would want them to cook. Now there is very little syrup here, we are going to be taking these off the heat. It is alright if there is a little bit of thick syrup left at the bottom, you do not want to over cook these and make them dry and chewy.

And the cooking time depends on the number of oranges you would be using to make the candied orange peel. And once the peels are done, they would have turned translucent and shiny. Once the peels are done, we will lift them out of the syrup and put them on a cooling rack and let the excess syrup drip away.

These will be very hot, so be careful. Then we will put then on the cooling rack and let them dry for sometime. And once the peels dry, you could roll them in some granulated sugar, or dip them in melted chocolate, put them on a piece of baking parchment, let the chocolate harden and set.

Then you could store them in the refrigerator for a few days and you could have one after every meal. For using these in baking, you don't need to roll them in sugar, you could just snip them into tiny pieces and store them in the refrigerator.

And you could use them in your cakes and mince pies and a lot of other desserts. You will love them and you will never buy candied orange peel from the store again. I hope you will try these and keep them ready, we shall do some Christmas baking soon! Christmas is just a few weeks away and it's time to make your candied orange peel for your fruitcake and your other Christmas beaks dip the candied orange peel in chocolate and you have some dessert for yourself and for gifting as well I never used to think much of oranges before I started baking and started using orange zest in my baking and desserts and started making candied orange peel at home and during this season you find plenty of fresh oranges and one of the things I must absolutely make during the season is some candied orange peel homemade this is so zesty so aromatic and so fresh and it's so different from the ones you could buy from the store and to make the candied orange peel we just need three ingredients we need some really really fresh oranges Organic preferably and then we need some sugar and then some water you can find the ingredient list and the proportions listed in the description below the video we have these oranges here and I have some water simmering here I have washed these oranges and now I am going to be cutting them from one end to the other end use a sharp knife we leave just the peel of the orange and you could use the juice for some other purpose we are going to be cutting this into four parts and now we need to remove just the skin of the orange try to keep it intact as much as possible so that you get the maximum longer peels and you could make quite a lot of candied orange peel with just two oranges we need to cut them into strips now and if you don't want your candied orange peels to have the shot tails you could just trim them around here if I were making these for myself I would not worry about the tails and I would try to get as much as possible out of these oranges so you need strips like this and try to keep them uniform and width as much as possible so that they cook evenly so this is the peel from two oranges and now I am going to be putting this peel into this boiling water here you can see the peels floating in the water they should be enough water in your drop and here so we are going to be boiling these orange fields for about five to six minutes and then we are going to be draining them and then rinsing them then again put them in some more hot water boil clean for five to six minutes drain and rinse this helps cook the orange peels it will soften them and also help remove some of the bitterness from the peels but I think I find a hint of bitterness Desirables in vines so these are our orange peels which I have boiled twice and I have drained them and then rinse them you put these tiny bit at this point and if you still find some bitterness or if you want them to soften a little more then you can boil them once again and there we have some water in this pan here and we have some sugar here I'm using a little less than what's recommended because I do not want my orange peels very sweet now one will be putting this sugar into this water will dissolve this sugar and then boil this in up here let's dissolve the sugar and I'm using regular granulated white sugar the sugar has all dissolved now I am going to be putting this orange feeds into this sugar setup so we need to just spread out all these fields in the sugar syrup and make sure that all of them are inside this area but now I'm going to be putting this on low heat we'll cover this and then cook for about 30 minutes keep checking the peels once in a while you'll see once in 10 minutes and turn the peels if needed and then put the lid back and cook again for some more time and now quite a bit of the syrup has been already absorbed and I'm just flipping the peels and please do observe carefully and keep watching at the end of the cooking time because it is not want the candied peel to start burning and if in doubt about when to remove this from the heat then you could try removing this a little earlier than later make a small batch of these candied orange peels with just two oranges because experience is the best teacher and then you will know how much sugar you want in your candied orange peel and how long you would want them to cook now there is very little syrup here I am going to be taking these off the heat it's alright if there is a little bit of thick syrup left at the bottom you do not want to overcook these and make them dry and chewy and the cooking time depends on the number of oranges you will be using to make the candied orange peel and once the peels are ready they will have turned translucent and shiny and once the peels are done will let them out and we'll put them on a cooling rack and we'll let all the excess syrup drip away and this will be very hot so be careful I will put them on the cooling rack and then let them dry for some time and once the peels dry you could just roll them in some granulated sugar or you could just dip them in some melted chocolate and then put them on a piece of baking parchment and let the chocolate harden and sit and then later you could keep them the refrigerator for a few days and it could have one after every meal and to use this in baking you don't really need to roll them in sugar you could just snip them into tiny pieces and store them in the refrigerator and you could use them in your cakes or your mince pies and a lot of other desserts and you won't really love them and you never buy candied orange peel from the store again I hope you'll try these and keep them ready we shall do some Christmas baking soon